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Re: Remove pre-2.4 Linux kernel support
On Wed, 23 May 2012, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> I agree with Roland, let's add a comment - and file a bugreport to revisit the
> files that we might implement differently.
I've applied this patch now to add comments to the cases arising from the
pre-2.2-removal patch (other than poll since you already sent a patch for
that), and filed bug 14138.
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5aef24f..87dc911 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
2012-05-23 Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
+ * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/chown.c: Add comment suggesting
+ move to syscalls.list.
+ * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/pread.c: Likewise.
+ * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/pread64.c: Likewise.
+ * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/pwrite.c: Likewise.
+ * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/pwrite64.c: Likewise.
+
* manual/install.texi (Running make install): Do not mention Linux
kernel version for which pt_chown is not needed.
(Linux): Do not mention problems with nscd with 2.0 kernels.
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/chown.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/chown.c
index be6a828..4e3e495 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/chown.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/chown.c
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
#include <kernel-features.h>
+/* Consider moving to syscalls.list. */
+
/*
In Linux 2.1.x the chown functions have been changed. A new function lchown
was introduced. The new chown now follows symlinks - the old chown and the
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/pread.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/pread.c
index e06de3b..ed4708f 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/pread.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/pread.c
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
#include <kernel-features.h>
+/* Consider moving to syscalls.list. */
+
ssize_t
__libc_pread (fd, buf, count, offset)
int fd;
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/pread64.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/pread64.c
index 80c2d2c..63ba30d 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/pread64.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/pread64.c
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
#include <kernel-features.h>
+/* Consider moving to syscalls.list. */
+
ssize_t
__libc_pread64 (fd, buf, count, offset)
int fd;
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/pwrite.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/pwrite.c
index 57458b4..68f26df 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/pwrite.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/pwrite.c
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
#include <kernel-features.h>
+/* Consider moving to syscalls.list. */
+
ssize_t
__libc_pwrite (fd, buf, count, offset)
int fd;
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/pwrite64.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/pwrite64.c
index 75344df..71ffa17 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/pwrite64.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/pwrite64.c
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
#include <kernel-features.h>
+/* Consider moving to syscalls.list. */
+
ssize_t
__libc_pwrite64 (fd, buf, count, offset)
int fd;
--
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com