[PATCH] <bits/syscall.h>: Use an arch-independent system call list on Linux

[Florian Weimer]

On 08/24/2017 10:28 PM, Joseph Myers wrote:

> I don't see it as a user-visible bug - I see it as a deliberate change of 
> the SYS_* API from "what's in the kernel headers with which glibc was 
> built" to "what syscalls the glibc source tree knows about that are also 
> in the kernel headers with which glibc is used".

I came up with a way to test this by channeling the glibc syscall list
version though bits/syscall.h.  I also had to tweak the patch to
generate bits/syscall.h early because some tests now need the list
(because they are built externally).

>> If we don't want that, I need to resurrect the old magic list
>> generation and use its results to augment the built-in list.  The test
>> can remain as-is, but it will no longer fail.
> 
> I think a key benefit of the patch is that it gets rid of that magic list 
> generation.

Right, I was delighted when I realized this.

Thanks,
Florian
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