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diff --git a/arch/um/sys-x86_64/syscall_table.c b/arch/um/sys-x86_64/syscall_table.c
index 71b2ae4ad5de..c128eb897008 100644
--- a/arch/um/sys-x86_64/syscall_table.c
+++ b/arch/um/sys-x86_64/syscall_table.c
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-/* System call table for UML/x86-64, copied from arch/x86_64/kernel/syscall.c
- * with some changes for UML. */
+/*
+ * System call table for UML/x86-64, copied from arch/x86_64/kernel/syscall.c
+ * with some changes for UML.
+ */
#include <linux/linkage.h>
#include <linux/sys.h>
@@ -8,22 +10,26 @@
#define __NO_STUBS
-/* Below you can see, in terms of #define's, the differences between the x86-64
- * and the UML syscall table. */
+/*
+ * Below you can see, in terms of #define's, the differences between the x86-64
+ * and the UML syscall table.
+ */
/* Not going to be implemented by UML, since we have no hardware. */
#define stub_iopl sys_ni_syscall
#define sys_ioperm sys_ni_syscall
-/* The UML TLS problem. Note that x86_64 does not implement this, so the below
- * is needed only for the ia32 compatibility. */
-/*#define sys_set_thread_area sys_ni_syscall
-#define sys_get_thread_area sys_ni_syscall*/
+/*
+ * The UML TLS problem. Note that x86_64 does not implement this, so the below
+ * is needed only for the ia32 compatibility.
+ */
/* On UML we call it this way ("old" means it's not mmap2) */
#define sys_mmap old_mmap
-/* On x86-64 sys_uname is actually sys_newuname plus a compatibility trick.
- * See arch/x86_64/kernel/sys_x86_64.c */
+/*
+ * On x86-64 sys_uname is actually sys_newuname plus a compatibility trick.
+ * See arch/x86_64/kernel/sys_x86_64.c
+ */
#define sys_uname sys_uname64
#define stub_clone sys_clone
@@ -46,8 +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);