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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl b/tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
index 347809649ba2..379819244b91 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
@@ -361,12 +361,13 @@
437 common openat2 sys_openat2
438 common pidfd_getfd sys_pidfd_getfd
439 common faccessat2 sys_faccessat2
+440 common process_madvise sys_process_madvise
#
-# x32-specific system call numbers start at 512 to avoid cache impact
-# for native 64-bit operation. The __x32_compat_sys stubs are created
-# on-the-fly for compat_sys_*() compatibility system calls if X86_X32
-# is defined.
+# Due to a historical design error, certain syscalls are numbered differently
+# in x32 as compared to native x86_64. These syscalls have numbers 512-547.
+# Do not add new syscalls to this range. Numbers 548 and above are available
+# for non-x32 use.
#
512 x32 rt_sigaction compat_sys_rt_sigaction
513 x32 rt_sigreturn compat_sys_x32_rt_sigreturn
@@ -404,3 +405,5 @@
545 x32 execveat compat_sys_execveat
546 x32 preadv2 compat_sys_preadv64v2
547 x32 pwritev2 compat_sys_pwritev64v2
+# This is the end of the legacy x32 range. Numbers 548 and above are
+# not special and are not to be used for x32-specific syscalls.