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

Message ID 017a6836-b5c6-06cb-b42d-562755437801@redhat.com
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Florian Weimer Aug. 25, 2017, 2:30 p.m. UTC
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

Comments

Joseph Myers Aug. 25, 2017, 3:40 p.m. UTC | #1
Presumably the list in the patch should be updated from 4.10 to 4.12 
(statx, s390_guarded_storage) - and as the patch was originally created 
when hppa builds were broken, make sure it's complete for syscalls on hppa 
as well.
Florian Weimer Aug. 25, 2017, 3:57 p.m. UTC | #2
On 08/25/2017 05:40 PM, Joseph Myers wrote:
> Presumably the list in the patch should be updated from 4.10 to 4.12 
> (statx, s390_guarded_storage)

Yes, I left those out for easier testing of the error handling,

> and as the patch was originally created 
> when hppa builds were broken, make sure it's complete for syscalls on hppa 
> as well.

Good point.  I'll schedule a build-many-glibcs.py run with this patch
applied.

I'd like to commit this early next week with the 4.12 changes and
anything which comes from hppa.  Okay?

Thanks,
Florian
Joseph Myers Aug. 28, 2017, 11:35 a.m. UTC | #3
Now this is in, I think all the abi-*-options settings in various sysdeps 
Makefiles can be removed; they were only there for the old way of 
generating a bits/syscall.h header with ABI conditionals.
Florian Weimer Aug. 28, 2017, 12:35 p.m. UTC | #4
On 08/28/2017 01:35 PM, Joseph Myers wrote:
> Now this is in, I think all the abi-*-options settings in various sysdeps 
> Makefiles can be removed; they were only there for the old way of 
> generating a bits/syscall.h header with ABI conditionals.

Is that what you had in mind?

I still need to double-check that this does not change the set of
installed headers.

Thanks,
Florian
Remove abi-*-options compiler flags

These options are no longer needed since commit
2dba5ce7b8115d6a2789bf279892263621088e74 (<bits/syscall.h>: Use an
arch-independent system call list on Linux).

2017-08-28  Florian Weimer  <fweimer@redhat.com>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/Makefile (abi-lp64-options)
	(abi-lp64_be-options): Remove.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/Makefile (abi-soft-options)
	(abi-hard-options): Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/Makefile(abi-o32_soft-options)
	(abi-o32_hard-options, abi-o32_soft_2008-options)
	(abi-o32_hard_2008-options, abi-n32_soft-options)
	(abi-n32_hard-options, abi-n32_soft_2008-options)
	(abi-n32_hard_2008-options, abi-n64_soft-options)
	(abi-n64_hard-options, abi-n64_soft_2008-options)
	(abi-n64_hard_2008-options): Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/Makefile (abi-32-options)
	(abi-64-v1-options, abi-64-v2-options): Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/Makefile (abi-32-options)
	(abi-64-options): Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/Makefile (abi-32-options)
	(abi-64-options): Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tile/tilegx/Makefile (abi-32-options)
	(abi-64-options): Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86/Makefile (abi-32-options)
	(abi-64-options, abi-x32-options): Likewise.

diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/Makefile b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/Makefile
index 6b4e620896..57bbfeaac6 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/Makefile
@@ -28,8 +28,5 @@ ifeq (,$(filter $(default-abi),$(abi-variants)))
 Unknown ABI, must be one of $(abi-variants)
 endif
 
-abi-lp64-options := -U__AARCH64EB__
 abi-lp64-condition := !defined __AARCH64EB__
-
-abi-lp64_be-options := -D__AARCH64EB__
 abi-lp64_be-condition := defined __AARCH64EB__
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/Makefile b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/Makefile
index b9b8f71721..4adc35de04 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/Makefile
@@ -63,7 +63,5 @@ Unknown ABI, must be one of $(abi-variants)
 endif
 
 abi-includes :=
-abi-soft-options := -U__ARM_PCS_VFP
 abi-soft-condition := !defined __ARM_PCS_VFP
-abi-hard-options := -D__ARM_PCS_VFP
 abi-hard-condition := defined __ARM_PCS_VFP
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/Makefile b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/Makefile
index bca11d39e0..8217f42e75 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/Makefile
@@ -19,75 +19,39 @@ endif
 abi-includes := sgidefs.h
 
 # _MIPS_SIM_ABI32 == 1, _MIPS_SIM_NABI32 == 2, _MIPS_SIM_ABI64 == 3
-abi-o32_soft-options := -U_MIPS_SIM -D_MIPS_SIM=1 \
-			-D__mips_soft_float -U__mips_hard_float \
-			-U__mips_nan2008
 abi-o32_soft-condition := !defined(__mips_nan2008) \
 			  && defined(__mips_soft_float) \
 			  && (_MIPS_SIM == _MIPS_SIM_ABI32)
-abi-o32_hard-options := -U_MIPS_SIM -D_MIPS_SIM=1 \
-			-D__mips_hard_float -U__mips_soft_float \
-			-U__mips_nan2008
 abi-o32_hard-condition := !defined(__mips_nan2008) \
 			  && defined(__mips_hard_float) \
 			  && (_MIPS_SIM == _MIPS_SIM_ABI32)
-abi-o32_soft_2008-options := -U_MIPS_SIM -D_MIPS_SIM=1 \
-			     -D__mips_soft_float -U__mips_hard_float \
-			     -D__mips_nan2008
 abi-o32_soft_2008-condition := defined(__mips_nan2008) \
 			       && defined(__mips_soft_float) \
 			       && (_MIPS_SIM == _MIPS_SIM_ABI32)
-abi-o32_hard_2008-options := -U_MIPS_SIM -D_MIPS_SIM=1 \
-			     -D__mips_hard_float -U__mips_soft_float \
-			     -D__mips_nan2008
 abi-o32_hard_2008-condition := defined(__mips_nan2008) \
 			       && defined(__mips_hard_float) \
 			       && (_MIPS_SIM == _MIPS_SIM_ABI32)
-abi-n32_soft-options := -U_MIPS_SIM -D_MIPS_SIM=2 \
-			-D__mips_soft_float -U__mips_hard_float \
-			-U__mips_nan2008
 abi-n32_soft-condition := !defined(__mips_nan2008) \
 			  && defined(__mips_soft_float) \
 			  && (_MIPS_SIM == _MIPS_SIM_NABI32)
-abi-n32_hard-options := -U_MIPS_SIM -D_MIPS_SIM=2 \
-			-D__mips_hard_float -U__mips_soft_float \
-			-U__mips_nan2008
 abi-n32_hard-condition := !defined(__mips_nan2008) \
 			  && defined(__mips_hard_float) \
 			  && (_MIPS_SIM == _MIPS_SIM_NABI32)
-abi-n32_soft_2008-options := -U_MIPS_SIM -D_MIPS_SIM=2 \
-			     -D__mips_soft_float -U__mips_hard_float \
-			     -D__mips_nan2008
 abi-n32_soft_2008-condition := defined(__mips_nan2008) \
 			       && defined(__mips_soft_float) \
 			       && (_MIPS_SIM == _MIPS_SIM_NABI32)
-abi-n32_hard_2008-options := -U_MIPS_SIM -D_MIPS_SIM=2 \
-			     -D__mips_hard_float -U__mips_soft_float \
-			     -D__mips_nan2008
 abi-n32_hard_2008-condition := defined(__mips_nan2008) \
 			       && defined(__mips_hard_float) \
 			       && (_MIPS_SIM == _MIPS_SIM_NABI32)
-abi-n64_soft-options := -U_MIPS_SIM -D_MIPS_SIM=3 \
-			-D__mips_soft_float -U__mips_hard_float \
-			-U__mips_nan2008
 abi-n64_soft-condition := !defined(__mips_nan2008) \
 			  && defined(__mips_soft_float) \
 			  && (_MIPS_SIM == _MIPS_SIM_ABI64)
-abi-n64_hard-options := -U_MIPS_SIM -D_MIPS_SIM=3 \
-			-D__mips_hard_float -U__mips_soft_float \
-			-U__mips_nan2008
 abi-n64_hard-condition := !defined(__mips_nan2008) \
 			  && defined(__mips_hard_float) \
 			  && (_MIPS_SIM == _MIPS_SIM_ABI64)
-abi-n64_soft_2008-options := -U_MIPS_SIM -D_MIPS_SIM=3 \
-			     -D__mips_soft_float -U__mips_hard_float \
-			     -D__mips_nan2008
 abi-n64_soft_2008-condition := defined(__mips_nan2008) \
 			       && defined(__mips_soft_float) \
 			       && (_MIPS_SIM == _MIPS_SIM_ABI64)
-abi-n64_hard_2008-options := -U_MIPS_SIM -D_MIPS_SIM=3 \
-			     -D__mips_hard_float -U__mips_soft_float \
-			     -D__mips_nan2008
 abi-n64_hard_2008-condition := defined(__mips_nan2008) \
 			       && defined(__mips_hard_float) \
 			       && (_MIPS_SIM == _MIPS_SIM_ABI64)
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/Makefile b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/Makefile
index c16172c677..19ac59d862 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 abi-variants := 32 64-v1 64-v2
-abi-32-options := -U__powerpc64__
 abi-32-condition := __WORDSIZE == 32
-abi-64-v1-options := -D__powerpc64__ -U_CALL_ELF -D_CALL_ELF=1
 abi-64-v1-condition := __WORDSIZE == 64 && _CALL_ELF != 2
-abi-64-v2-options := -D__powerpc64__ -U_CALL_ELF -D_CALL_ELF=2
 abi-64-v2-condition := __WORDSIZE == 64 && _CALL_ELF == 2
 
 ifeq ($(subdir),rt)
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/Makefile b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/Makefile
index f30a6bb1f6..c5f544d139 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 abi-variants := 32 64
-abi-32-options := -U__s390x__
 abi-32-condition := __WORDSIZE == 32
-abi-64-options := -D__s390x__
 abi-64-condition := __WORDSIZE == 64
 
 ifeq ($(subdir),rt)
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/Makefile b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/Makefile
index a67d199eb5..b0d182a439 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 abi-variants := 32 64
-abi-32-options := -U__sparc_v9__ -U__arch64__
 abi-32-condition := __WORDSIZE == 32
-abi-64-options := -D__sparc_v9__ -D__arch64__
 abi-64-condition := __WORDSIZE == 64
 
 ifeq ($(subdir),rt)
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tile/tilegx/Makefile b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tile/tilegx/Makefile
index 4f101f334a..62a5be662a 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tile/tilegx/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tile/tilegx/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # Provide biarch definitions.
 abi-variants := 64 32
-abi-64-options := -D__LP64__
 abi-64-condition := __WORDSIZE == 64
-abi-32-options := -U__LP64__
 abi-32-condition := __WORDSIZE == 32
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86/Makefile b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86/Makefile
index 9e6ec44b3a..c069570683 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86/Makefile
@@ -3,11 +3,8 @@ abi-includes :=
 
 abi-variants := 32 64 x32
 
-abi-32-options := -D__i386__ -U__x86_64__
 abi-32-condition := !defined __x86_64__
-abi-64-options := -U__i386__ -D__x86_64__ -U__ILP32__ -D__LP64__
 abi-64-condition := defined __x86_64__ && defined __LP64__
-abi-x32-options := -U__i386__ -D__x86_64__ -D__ILP32__ -U__LP64__
 abi-x32-condition := defined __x86_64__ && defined __ILP32__
 
 ifeq ($(subdir),misc)
Joseph Myers Aug. 28, 2017, 12:43 p.m. UTC | #5
On Mon, 28 Aug 2017, Florian Weimer wrote:

> On 08/28/2017 01:35 PM, Joseph Myers wrote:
> > Now this is in, I think all the abi-*-options settings in various sysdeps 
> > Makefiles can be removed; they were only there for the old way of 
> > generating a bits/syscall.h header with ABI conditionals.
> 
> Is that what you had in mind?

Yes, this looks right.
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Patch

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

This commit changes the way the list of SYS_* system call macros is
created on Linux.  glibc now contains a list of all known system
calls, and the generated <bits/syscall.h> file defines the SYS_ macro
only if the correspnding __NR_ macro is defined by the kernel headers.

As a result, glibc does not have to be rebuilt to pick up system calls
if the glibc sources already know about them.  This means that glibc
can be built with older kernel headers, and if the installed kernel
headers are upgraded afterwards, additional SYS_ macros become
available as long as glibc has a record for those system calls.

2017-08-25  Florian Weimer  <fweimer@redhat.com>

	Store supported list of SYS_* system calls in the source tree.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile [$(subdir) = misc]
	(bits/syscall.h): Generate from list file.
	[$(subdir) = misc] (before-compile): Add bits/syscall.h.
	[$(subdir) = misc] (tests): Add tst-syscall-list.
	[$(subdir) = misc] (tests-special): Add tst-syscall-list.out
	[$(subdir) = misc] (tst-syscall-list-macros.list)
	[$(subdir) = misc] (tst-syscall-list-nr.list)
	(tst-syscall-list-sys.list): Helper targets for new
	tst-syscall-list test.
	[$(subdir) = misc] (tst-syscall-list.out): Run test script
	tst-syscall-list.sh.
	[$(subdir) = misc] (bits/syscall%h, bits/syscall%d): Remove
	target. Do not include bits/syscall.d.
	[$(subdir) = misc] (generated): Do not update.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscall-names.list: New file.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/gen-syscall-h.awk: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/filter-nr-syscalls.awk: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-syscall-list.sh: Likewise.

diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile
index 9d6a2de870..e571fe2efe 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile
@@ -52,75 +52,50 @@  sysdep_headers += sys/mount.h sys/acct.h sys/sysctl.h \
 tests += tst-clone tst-clone2 tst-clone3 tst-fanotify tst-personality \
 	 tst-quota tst-sync_file_range test-errno-linux
 
-# Generate the list of SYS_* macros for the system calls (__NR_* macros).
+# Generate the list of SYS_* macros for the system calls (__NR_*
+# macros).  The file syscall-names.list contains all possible system
+# call names, and the generated header file produces SYS_* macros for
+# the __NR_* macros which are actually defined.
 
-# If there is more than one syscall list for different architecture
-# variants, the CPU/Makefile defines abi-variants to be a list of names
-# for those variants (e.g. 32 64), and, for each variant, defines
-# abi-$(variant)-options to be compiler options to cause <asm/unistd.h>
-# to define the desired list of syscalls and abi-$(variant)-condition to
-# be the condition for those options to use in a C #if condition.
-# abi-includes may be defined to a list of headers to include
-# in the generated header, if the default does not suffice.
-#
-# The generated header is compiled with `-ffreestanding' to avoid any
-# circular dependencies against the installed implementation headers.
-# Such a dependency would require the implementation header to be
-# installed before the generated header could be built (See bug 15711).
-# In current practice the generated header dependencies do not include
-# any of the implementation headers removed by the use of `-ffreestanding'.
-
-$(objpfx)bits/syscall%h $(objpfx)bits/syscall%d: ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/syscall.h
+generated += bits/syscall.h
+$(objpfx)bits/syscall.h: \
+  ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/gen-syscall-h.awk \
+  ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscall-names.list
 	$(make-target-directory)
-	{ \
-	 echo '/* Generated at libc build time from kernel syscall list.  */';\
-	 echo ''; \
-	 echo '#ifndef _SYSCALL_H'; \
-	 echo '# error "Never use <bits/syscall.h> directly; include <sys/syscall.h> instead."'; \
-	 echo '#endif'; \
-	 echo ''; \
-	 $(foreach h,$(abi-includes), echo '#include <$(h)>';) \
-	 echo ''; \
-	 $(if $(abi-variants), \
-	 $(foreach v,$(abi-variants),\
-	 $(CC) -ffreestanding -E -MD -MP -MF $(@:.h=.d)-t$(v) -MT '$(@:.d=.h) $(@:.h=.d)' \
-	       -x c $(sysincludes) $< $(abi-$(v)-options) \
-	       -D_LIBC -dM | \
-	 sed -n 's@^#define __NR_\([^ ]*\) .*$$@#define SYS_\1 __NR_\1@p' | \
-	 LC_ALL=C sort > $(@:.d=.h).new$(v); \
-	 $(if $(abi-$(v)-condition),\
-	 echo '#if $(abi-$(v)-condition)';) \
-	 cat $(@:.d=.h).new$(v); \
-	 $(if $(abi-$(v)-condition),echo '#endif';) \
-	 rm -f $(@:.d=.h).new$(v); \
-	 ), \
-	 $(CC) -ffreestanding -E -MD -MP -MF $(@:.h=.d)-t$(v) -MT '$(@:.d=.h) $(@:.h=.d)' \
-	       -x c $(sysincludes) $< \
-	       -D_LIBC -dM | \
-	 sed -n 's@^#define __NR_\([^ ]*\) .*$$@#define SYS_\1 __NR_\1@p' | \
-	 LC_ALL=C sort;) \
-	} > $(@:.d=.h).new
-	mv -f $(@:.d=.h).new $(@:.d=.h)
-ifdef abi-variants
-ifneq (,$(objpfx))
-	sed $(sed-remove-objpfx) \
-	 $(foreach v,$(abi-variants),$(@:.h=.d)-t$(v)) > $(@:.h=.d)-t3
-else
-	cat $(foreach v,$(abi-variants),$(@:.h=.d)-t$(v)) \
-	 > $(@:.h=.d)-t3
-endif
-	rm -f $(foreach v,$(abi-variants),$(@:.h=.d)-t$(v))
-	mv -f $(@:.h=.d)-t3 $(@:.h=.d)
-else
-	mv -f $(@:.h=.d)-t $(@:.h=.d)
-endif
+	LC_ALL=C $(AWK) -f $^ > $@-tmp
+	$(move-if-change) $@-tmp $@
+before-compile += $(objpfx)bits/syscall.h
 
-ifndef no_deps
-# Get the generated list of dependencies (probably /usr/include/asm/unistd.h).
--include $(objpfx)bits/syscall.d
-endif
-generated += bits/syscall.h bits/syscall.d
-endif
+# All macros defined by <sys/syscall.h>.  Include <bits/syscall.h>
+# explicitly because <sys/sycall.h> skips it if _LIBC is defined.
+$(objpfx)tst-syscall-list-macros.list: \
+  $(objpfx)bits/syscall.h ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/syscall.h
+	printf '#include <linux/version.h>\n\
+#include <sys/syscall.h>\n#include <bits/syscall.h>\n' | \
+	  $(CC) -E -o $@-tmp $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -x c - -dM
+	$(move-if-change) $@-tmp $@
+
+# __NR_* system call names.  Used by the test below.
+$(objpfx)tst-syscall-list-nr.list: \
+  ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/filter-nr-syscalls.awk \
+  $(objpfx)tst-syscall-list-macros.list
+	LC_ALL=C $(AWK) -f $^ > $@-tmp
+	$(move-if-change) $@-tmp $@
+
+# SYS_* system call names.  Used by the test below.
+$(objpfx)tst-syscall-list-sys.list: $(objpfx)tst-syscall-list-macros.list
+	LC_ALL=C $(AWK) '/^#define SYS_/ { print substr($$2, 5) }' $< > $@-tmp
+	$(move-if-change) $@-tmp $@
+
+tests-special += $(objpfx)tst-syscall-list.out
+$(objpfx)tst-syscall-list.out: \
+  ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-syscall-list.sh \
+  $(objpfx)tst-syscall-list-macros.list \
+  $(objpfx)tst-syscall-list-nr.list \
+  $(objpfx)tst-syscall-list-sys.list
+	$(BASH) $^ $(AWK) > $@; $(evaluate-test)
+
+endif # $(subdir) == misc
 
 ifeq ($(subdir),time)
 sysdep_headers += sys/timex.h bits/timex.h
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/filter-nr-syscalls.awk b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/filter-nr-syscalls.awk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15b052a9c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/filter-nr-syscalls.awk
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ 
+# Filter preprocessor __NR_* macros and extract system call names.
+# Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+#
+# The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+# <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Skip reserved system calls.
+/^#define __NR_(unused|reserved)[0-9]+ / {
+    next;
+}
+
+# Skip pseudo-system calls which describe ranges.
+/^#define __NR_(syscalls|arch_specific_syscall|(OABI_)?SYSCALL_BASE) / {
+    next;
+}
+/^#define __NR_(|64_|[NO]32_)Linux(_syscalls)? / {
+    next;
+}
+
+# Print the remaining _NR_* macros as system call names.
+/^#define __NR_/ {
+    print substr($2, 6);
+}
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/gen-syscall-h.awk b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/gen-syscall-h.awk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef8eb6be52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/gen-syscall-h.awk
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ 
+# Generate SYS_* macros from a list in a text file.
+# Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+#
+# The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+# <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Emit a conditional definition for SYS_NAME.
+function emit(name) {
+    print "#ifdef __NR_" name;
+    print "# define SYS_" name " __NR_" name;
+    print "#endif";
+    print "";
+}
+
+# Bail out with an error.
+function fatal(message) {
+    print FILENAME ":" FNR ": " message > "/dev/stderr";
+    exit 1;
+}
+
+BEGIN {
+    name = "";
+    kernel = "";
+}
+
+# Skip empty lines and comments.
+/^\s*(|#.*)$/ {
+    next;
+}
+
+# Kernel version.  Used for documentation purposes only.
+/^kernel [0-9.]+$/ {
+    if (kernel != "") {
+        fatal("duplicate kernel directive");
+    }
+    kernel = $2;
+    print "/* Generated at libc build time from syscall list.  */";
+    print "/* The system call list corresponds to kernel " kernel ".  */";
+    print "";
+    print "#ifndef _SYSCALL_H"
+    print "# error \"Never use <bits/syscall.h> directly; include <sys/syscall.h> instead.\"";
+    print "#endif";
+    print "";
+    split($2, kernel_version, ".");
+    kernel_major = kernel_version[1];
+    kernel_minor = kernel_version[2];
+    kernel_version_code = kernel_major * 65536 + kernel_minor * 256;
+    print "#define __GLIBC_LINUX_VERSION_CODE " kernel_version_code;
+    print "";
+    next;
+}
+
+# If there is just one word, it is a system call.
+/^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]+$/ {
+    if (kernel == "") {
+        fatal("expected kernel directive before this line");
+    }
+    if ($1 <= name) {
+        fatal("name " name " violates ordering");
+    }
+    emit($1);
+    name = $1;
+    next;
+}
+
+# The rest has to be syntax errors.
+// {
+    fatal("unrecognized syntax");
+}
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscall-names.list b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscall-names.list
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a477552ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscall-names.list
@@ -0,0 +1,594 @@ 
+# List of all known Linux system calls.
+# Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+#
+# The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+# <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# This file contains the list of system call names names.  It has to
+# remain in alphabetica order.  Lines which start with # are treated
+# as comments.  This file can list all potential system calls.  The
+# names are only used if the installed kernel headers also provide
+# them.
+
+# The list of system calls is current as of Linux 4.10.
+kernel 4.10
+
+FAST_atomic_update
+FAST_cmpxchg
+FAST_cmpxchg64
+_llseek
+_newselect
+_sysctl
+accept
+accept4
+access
+acct
+add_key
+adjtimex
+afs_syscall
+alarm
+arch_prctl
+arm_fadvise64_64
+arm_sync_file_range
+atomic_barrier
+atomic_cmpxchg_32
+bdflush
+bind
+bpf
+break
+brk
+cachectl
+cacheflush
+capget
+capset
+chdir
+chmod
+chown
+chown32
+chroot
+clock_adjtime
+clock_getres
+clock_gettime
+clock_nanosleep
+clock_settime
+clone
+clone2
+close
+cmpxchg_badaddr
+connect
+copy_file_range
+creat
+create_module
+delete_module
+dipc
+dup
+dup2
+dup3
+epoll_create
+epoll_create1
+epoll_ctl
+epoll_ctl_old
+epoll_pwait
+epoll_wait
+epoll_wait_old
+eventfd
+eventfd2
+exec_with_loader
+execv
+execve
+execveat
+exit
+exit_group
+faccessat
+fadvise64
+fadvise64_64
+fallocate
+fanotify_init
+fanotify_mark
+fchdir
+fchmod
+fchmodat
+fchown
+fchown32
+fchownat
+fcntl
+fcntl64
+fdatasync
+fgetxattr
+finit_module
+flistxattr
+flock
+fork
+fremovexattr
+fsetxattr
+fstat
+fstat64
+fstatat64
+fstatfs
+fstatfs64
+fsync
+ftime
+ftruncate
+ftruncate64
+futex
+futimesat
+get_kernel_syms
+get_mempolicy
+get_robust_list
+get_thread_area
+getcpu
+getcwd
+getdents
+getdents64
+getdomainname
+getdtablesize
+getegid
+getegid32
+geteuid
+geteuid32
+getgid
+getgid32
+getgroups
+getgroups32
+gethostname
+getitimer
+getpagesize
+getpeername
+getpgid
+getpgrp
+getpid
+getpmsg
+getppid
+getpriority
+getrandom
+getresgid
+getresgid32
+getresuid
+getresuid32
+getrlimit
+getrusage
+getsid
+getsockname
+getsockopt
+gettid
+gettimeofday
+getuid
+getuid32
+getunwind
+getxattr
+getxgid
+getxpid
+getxuid
+gtty
+idle
+init_module
+inotify_add_watch
+inotify_init
+inotify_init1
+inotify_rm_watch
+io_cancel
+io_destroy
+io_getevents
+io_setup
+io_submit
+ioctl
+ioperm
+iopl
+ioprio_get
+ioprio_set
+ipc
+kcmp
+kern_features
+kexec_file_load
+kexec_load
+keyctl
+kill
+lchown
+lchown32
+lgetxattr
+link
+linkat
+listen
+listxattr
+llistxattr
+llseek
+lock
+lookup_dcookie
+lremovexattr
+lseek
+lsetxattr
+lstat
+lstat64
+madvise
+mbind
+membarrier
+memfd_create
+memory_ordering
+migrate_pages
+mincore
+mkdir
+mkdirat
+mknod
+mknodat
+mlock
+mlock2
+mlockall
+mmap
+mmap2
+modify_ldt
+mount
+move_pages
+mprotect
+mpx
+mq_getsetattr
+mq_notify
+mq_open
+mq_timedreceive
+mq_timedsend
+mq_unlink
+mremap
+msgctl
+msgget
+msgrcv
+msgsnd
+msync
+multiplexer
+munlock
+munlockall
+munmap
+name_to_handle_at
+nanosleep
+newfstatat
+nfsservctl
+ni_syscall
+nice
+old_adjtimex
+oldfstat
+oldlstat
+oldolduname
+oldstat
+oldumount
+olduname
+open
+open_by_handle_at
+openat
+osf_adjtime
+osf_afs_syscall
+osf_alt_plock
+osf_alt_setsid
+osf_alt_sigpending
+osf_asynch_daemon
+osf_audcntl
+osf_audgen
+osf_chflags
+osf_execve
+osf_exportfs
+osf_fchflags
+osf_fdatasync
+osf_fpathconf
+osf_fstat
+osf_fstatfs
+osf_fstatfs64
+osf_fuser
+osf_getaddressconf
+osf_getdirentries
+osf_getdomainname
+osf_getfh
+osf_getfsstat
+osf_gethostid
+osf_getitimer
+osf_getlogin
+osf_getmnt
+osf_getrusage
+osf_getsysinfo
+osf_gettimeofday
+osf_kloadcall
+osf_kmodcall
+osf_lstat
+osf_memcntl
+osf_mincore
+osf_mount
+osf_mremap
+osf_msfs_syscall
+osf_msleep
+osf_mvalid
+osf_mwakeup
+osf_naccept
+osf_nfssvc
+osf_ngetpeername
+osf_ngetsockname
+osf_nrecvfrom
+osf_nrecvmsg
+osf_nsendmsg
+osf_ntp_adjtime
+osf_ntp_gettime
+osf_old_creat
+osf_old_fstat
+osf_old_getpgrp
+osf_old_killpg
+osf_old_lstat
+osf_old_open
+osf_old_sigaction
+osf_old_sigblock
+osf_old_sigreturn
+osf_old_sigsetmask
+osf_old_sigvec
+osf_old_stat
+osf_old_vadvise
+osf_old_vtrace
+osf_old_wait
+osf_oldquota
+osf_pathconf
+osf_pid_block
+osf_pid_unblock
+osf_plock
+osf_priocntlset
+osf_profil
+osf_proplist_syscall
+osf_reboot
+osf_revoke
+osf_sbrk
+osf_security
+osf_select
+osf_set_program_attributes
+osf_set_speculative
+osf_sethostid
+osf_setitimer
+osf_setlogin
+osf_setsysinfo
+osf_settimeofday
+osf_shmat
+osf_signal
+osf_sigprocmask
+osf_sigsendset
+osf_sigstack
+osf_sigwaitprim
+osf_sstk
+osf_stat
+osf_statfs
+osf_statfs64
+osf_subsys_info
+osf_swapctl
+osf_swapon
+osf_syscall
+osf_sysinfo
+osf_table
+osf_uadmin
+osf_usleep_thread
+osf_uswitch
+osf_utc_adjtime
+osf_utc_gettime
+osf_utimes
+osf_utsname
+osf_wait4
+osf_waitid
+pause
+pciconfig_iobase
+pciconfig_read
+pciconfig_write
+perf_event_open
+perfctr
+perfmonctl
+personality
+pipe
+pipe2
+pivot_root
+pkey_alloc
+pkey_free
+pkey_mprotect
+poll
+ppoll
+prctl
+pread64
+preadv
+preadv2
+prlimit64
+process_vm_readv
+process_vm_writev
+prof
+profil
+pselect6
+ptrace
+putpmsg
+pwrite64
+pwritev
+pwritev2
+query_module
+quotactl
+read
+readahead
+readdir
+readlink
+readlinkat
+readv
+reboot
+recv
+recvfrom
+recvmmsg
+recvmsg
+remap_file_pages
+removexattr
+rename
+renameat
+renameat2
+request_key
+restart_syscall
+rmdir
+rt_sigaction
+rt_sigpending
+rt_sigprocmask
+rt_sigqueueinfo
+rt_sigreturn
+rt_sigsuspend
+rt_sigtimedwait
+rt_tgsigqueueinfo
+rtas
+s390_pci_mmio_read
+s390_pci_mmio_write
+s390_runtime_instr
+sched_get_affinity
+sched_get_priority_max
+sched_get_priority_min
+sched_getaffinity
+sched_getattr
+sched_getparam
+sched_getscheduler
+sched_rr_get_interval
+sched_set_affinity
+sched_setaffinity
+sched_setattr
+sched_setparam
+sched_setscheduler
+sched_yield
+seccomp
+security
+select
+semctl
+semget
+semop
+semtimedop
+send
+sendfile
+sendfile64
+sendmmsg
+sendmsg
+sendto
+set_mempolicy
+set_robust_list
+set_thread_area
+set_tid_address
+setdomainname
+setfsgid
+setfsgid32
+setfsuid
+setfsuid32
+setgid
+setgid32
+setgroups
+setgroups32
+sethae
+sethostname
+setitimer
+setns
+setpgid
+setpgrp
+setpriority
+setregid
+setregid32
+setresgid
+setresgid32
+setresuid
+setresuid32
+setreuid
+setreuid32
+setrlimit
+setsid
+setsockopt
+settimeofday
+setuid
+setuid32
+setxattr
+sgetmask
+shmat
+shmctl
+shmdt
+shmget
+shutdown
+sigaction
+sigaltstack
+signal
+signalfd
+signalfd4
+sigpending
+sigprocmask
+sigreturn
+sigsuspend
+socket
+socketcall
+socketpair
+splice
+spu_create
+spu_run
+ssetmask
+stat
+stat64
+statfs
+statfs64
+stime
+stty
+subpage_prot
+swapcontext
+swapoff
+swapon
+switch_endian
+symlink
+symlinkat
+sync
+sync_file_range
+sync_file_range2
+syncfs
+sys_debug_setcontext
+sys_epoll_create
+sys_epoll_ctl
+sys_epoll_wait
+syscall
+sysfs
+sysinfo
+syslog
+sysmips
+tee
+tgkill
+time
+timer_create
+timer_delete
+timer_getoverrun
+timer_gettime
+timer_settime
+timerfd
+timerfd_create
+timerfd_gettime
+timerfd_settime
+times
+tkill
+truncate
+truncate64
+tuxcall
+ugetrlimit
+ulimit
+umask
+umount
+umount2
+uname
+unlink
+unlinkat
+unshare
+uselib
+userfaultfd
+ustat
+utime
+utimensat
+utimes
+utrap_install
+vfork
+vhangup
+vm86
+vm86old
+vmsplice
+vserver
+wait4
+waitid
+waitpid
+write
+writev
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-syscall-list.sh b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-syscall-list.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb6ab5075b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-syscall-list.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ 
+#!/bin/bash
+# Consistency checks for the system call list
+# Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+#
+# The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+# <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+export LC_ALL=C
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
+if test $# != 4; then
+    echo "error: wrong number of arguments: $#"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+macros="$1"
+list_nr="$2"
+list_sys="$3"
+GAWK="$4"
+
+linux_version="$("$GAWK" \
+  '/#define LINUX_VERSION_CODE / {print $3}' < "$macros")"
+glibc_linux_version="$("$GAWK" \
+  '/#define __GLIBC_LINUX_VERSION_CODE / {print $3}' < "$macros")"
+
+echo "info: LINUX_VERSION_CODE: $linux_version"
+echo "info: __GLIBC_LINUX_VERSION_CODE: $glibc_linux_version"
+# Ignore the subrelease in the comparison.
+if test $(expr "$glibc_linux_version" / 256) \
+	-lt $(expr "$linux_version" / 256); then
+    echo "info: The kernel major/minor version is newer than the glibc version"
+    kernel_newer=true
+else
+    kernel_newer=false
+fi
+echo
+
+errors=0
+
+# Use getpid as a system call which is expected to be always defined.
+# alpha uses getxpid instead, so it is permitted as an alternative.
+if ! grep -E -q '^getx?pid$' -- "$list_nr"; then
+    echo "error: __NR_getpid not defined"
+    errors=1
+fi
+if ! grep -E -q '^getx?pid$' -- "$list_sys"; then
+    echo "error: SYS_getpid not defined"
+    errors=1
+fi
+
+comm_1="$(mktemp)"
+comm_2="$(mktemp)"
+comm_result="$(mktemp)"
+cleanup () {
+    rm -f -- "$comm_1" "$comm_2" "$comm_result"
+}
+trap cleanup 0
+
+sort -o "$comm_1" -- "$list_nr"
+sort -o "$comm_2" -- "$list_sys"
+
+# Check for missing SYS_* macros.
+comm --check-order -2 -3 -- "$comm_1" "$comm_2" > "$comm_result"
+if test -s "$comm_result"; then
+    echo "error: These system calls need to be added to syscall-names.list:"
+    cat -- "$comm_result"
+    # This is only an error if our version is older than the kernel
+    # version because we cannot predict future kernel development.
+    if $kernel_newer; then
+	echo
+	echo "warning: This error has been ignored because the glibc"
+	echo "warning: system call list is older than the kernel version."    
+    else
+	errors=1
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Check for additional SYS_* macros.
+comm --check-order -1 -3 -- "$comm_1" "$comm_2" > "$comm_result"
+if test -s "$comm_result"; then
+    echo "error: The following system calls have unexpected SYS_* macros:"
+    cat -- "$comm_result"
+    errors=1
+fi
+
+exit "$errors"