Re: [musl] Re: add loongarch64 port

[王洪亮 <wanghongliang@loongson.cn>]

在 2022/4/2 下午3:21, Rich Felker 写道:
> On Sat, Apr 02, 2022 at 02:19:44PM +0800, 王洪亮 wrote:
>> Hi, Arnd
>>
>> I found it has not been removed from system call list in kernel yet.
>> I wonder if I could keep consistent with the current status of the kernel
>> for the time being,and modify as the kernel changes.
> As I understand it, no -- musl targets the permanent kernel syscall
> API/ABI for the arch. So if the legacy stat syscall is not going to be
> part of the interface that's approved upstream in the kernel for this
> arch, musl can't be using it.
>
> Am I correct in understanding that the syscall & struct stat that are
> "there now" are part of a proposed port that's not yet upstream, and
> that upstream maintainers are asking for them to be removed as part of
> accepting the port?
>
Hi, Rich


yes, but it has not been removed from kernel port yet,the Author hopes
to keep it,so I consider modify it when the issue comes to a conclusion.


Hongliang Wang


>> 在 2022/4/1 下午3:48, Arnd Bergmann 写道:
>>> On Fri, Apr 1, 2022 at 9:40 AM 王洪亮 <wanghongliang@loongson.cn> wrote:
>>>> 在 2022/3/31 下午4:14, Arnd Bergmann 写道:
>>>>
>>>> In kernel port, loongarch64 use the generic struct stat.
>>>>
>>>> loongarch64 define struct stat and kstat in musl is consistent with
>>>>
>>>> generic stat in kernel.
>>> My point was that I asked for these to be removed in
>>>
>>> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAK8P3a2kroHVN3fTabuFVMz08SXytz-SC8X11BxxszsUCksJ4g@mail.gmail.com/
>>>
>>> With __NR_newfstatat and __NR_fstat gone from the system
>>> call list, there is no 'struct stat' that is exposed by the kernel.
>>>
>>>         Arnd