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diff --git a/Documentation/process/adding-syscalls.rst b/Documentation/process/adding-syscalls.rst index 314c8bf6f2a2..0d4f29bc798b 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/adding-syscalls.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/adding-syscalls.rst @@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ First, the entry in ``arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl`` gets an extra column to indicate that a 32-bit userspace program running on a 64-bit kernel should hit the compat entry point:: - 380 i386 xyzzy sys_xyzzy compat_sys_xyzzy + 380 i386 xyzzy sys_xyzzy __ia32_compat_sys_xyzzy Second, you need to figure out what should happen for the x32 ABI version of the new system call. There's a choice here: the layout of the arguments @@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ the compatibility wrapper:: 333 64 xyzzy sys_xyzzy ... - 555 x32 xyzzy compat_sys_xyzzy + 555 x32 xyzzy __x32_compat_sys_xyzzy If no pointers are involved, then it is preferable to re-use the 64-bit system call for the x32 ABI (and consequently the entry in |