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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/um/sys-x86_64/syscall_table.c b/arch/um/sys-x86_64/syscall_table.c
index 555faee0d81f..c128eb897008 100644
--- a/arch/um/sys-x86_64/syscall_table.c
+++ b/arch/um/sys-x86_64/syscall_table.c
@@ -52,11 +52,19 @@ typedef void (*sys_call_ptr_t)(void);
extern void sys_ni_syscall(void);
-sys_call_ptr_t sys_call_table[UM_NR_syscall_max+1] __cacheline_aligned = {
- /*
- * Smells like a like a compiler bug -- it doesn't work when the &
- * below is removed.
- */
- [0 ... UM_NR_syscall_max] = &sys_ni_syscall,
+/*
+ * We used to have a trick here which made sure that holes in the
+ * x86_64 table were filled in with sys_ni_syscall, but a comment in
+ * unistd_64.h says that holes aren't allowed, so the trick was
+ * removed.
+ * The trick looked like this
+ * [0 ... UM_NR_syscall_max] = &sys_ni_syscall
+ * before including unistd_64.h - the later initializations overwrote
+ * the sys_ni_syscall filler.
+ */
+
+sys_call_ptr_t sys_call_table[] __cacheline_aligned = {
#include <asm-x86/unistd_64.h>
};
+
+int syscall_table_size = sizeof(sys_call_table);