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From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 28 Feb 2020 11:00:52 -0800
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 6/8] x86-32: Enable syscall wrappers
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On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 5:28 AM Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Enable pt_regs based syscalls for 32-bit.  This makes the 32-bit native
> kernel consistent with the 64-bit kernel, and improves the syscall
> interface by not needing to push all 6 potential arguments onto the stack.

Was the change to the table mechanically generated or mechanically
verified?  If so, how?

After this goes in, I should dust off my code to get rid of all the
__abi crud in the tables.  I never quite got it working well enough,
but your series should help.

--Andy