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From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Thu, 15 Mar 2018 17:54:27 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/36] remove in-kernel syscall invocations (part 1)
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
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On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 5:38 PM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> I don't think this patch series should wait for any of these cleanups,
> though.  We need these patches to change the x86_64 internal syscall
> function signature, which we've been wanting to do for a little while.

Yes. And honestly, I'd rather have these kinds of "just change the
calling convention" almost automated patches separately - and then the
cleanups later.

Mixing the calling convention change and the cleanup together is just
confusing and potentially causes subtle issues.

                         Linus