From: Davide Libenzi This patch wires the timerfd system call to the x86 architectures. Signed-off-by: Davide Libenzi Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Michael Kerrisk Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- arch/i386/kernel/syscall_table.S | 1 + arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32entry.S | 1 + include/asm-i386/unistd.h | 3 ++- include/asm-x86_64/unistd.h | 2 ++ 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/syscall_table.S~signal-timer-event-timerfd-wire-up-x86-arches arch/i386/kernel/syscall_table.S --- a/arch/i386/kernel/syscall_table.S~signal-timer-event-timerfd-wire-up-x86-arches +++ a/arch/i386/kernel/syscall_table.S @@ -321,3 +321,4 @@ ENTRY(sys_call_table) .long sys_epoll_pwait .long sys_utimensat /* 320 */ .long sys_signalfd + .long sys_timerfd diff -puN include/asm-i386/unistd.h~signal-timer-event-timerfd-wire-up-x86-arches include/asm-i386/unistd.h --- a/include/asm-i386/unistd.h~signal-timer-event-timerfd-wire-up-x86-arches +++ a/include/asm-i386/unistd.h @@ -327,10 +327,11 @@ #define __NR_epoll_pwait 319 #define __NR_utimensat 320 #define __NR_signalfd 321 +#define __NR_timerfd 322 #ifdef __KERNEL__ -#define NR_syscalls 322 +#define NR_syscalls 323 #define __ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION #define __ARCH_WANT_OLD_READDIR diff -puN arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32entry.S~signal-timer-event-timerfd-wire-up-x86-arches arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32entry.S --- a/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32entry.S~signal-timer-event-timerfd-wire-up-x86-arches +++ a/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32entry.S @@ -717,4 +717,5 @@ ia32_sys_call_table: .quad sys_epoll_pwait .quad compat_sys_utimensat /* 320 */ .quad sys_signalfd + .quad sys_timerfd ia32_syscall_end: diff -puN include/asm-x86_64/unistd.h~signal-timer-event-timerfd-wire-up-x86-arches include/asm-x86_64/unistd.h --- a/include/asm-x86_64/unistd.h~signal-timer-event-timerfd-wire-up-x86-arches +++ a/include/asm-x86_64/unistd.h @@ -623,6 +623,8 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_move_pages, sys_move_page __SYSCALL(__NR_utimensat, sys_utimensat) #define __NR_signalfd 281 __SYSCALL(__NR_signalfd, sys_signalfd) +#define __NR_timerfd 282 +__SYSCALL(__NR_timerfd, sys_timerfd) #ifndef __NO_STUBS #define __ARCH_WANT_OLD_READDIR _