From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp-out.tiscali.be (spoolo2.tiscali.be [62.235.13.211]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD2C6484B for ; Sat, 8 Nov 2003 03:59:09 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <3FACCC88.4010404@tiscali.be> Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2003 10:59:20 +0000 From: Joel Soete MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Grant Grundler Cc: Matthew Wilcox , Ruediger Scholz , parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] fdisk problems 2.4 <-> 2.6 References: <20031106222958.GJ26869@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <3F969FFE000092BD@ocpmta2.freegates.net> <20031108015946.GC19436@colo.lackof.org> In-Reply-To: <20031108015946.GC19436@colo.lackof.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Grant Grundler wrote: > On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 06:52:58PM +0100, Joel Soete wrote: > >>>[...] I bet it's calling BLKGETSIZE64 and our put_user() is broken. >> >>I trusted that Grant merged the same code in 2.4 and 2.6 for put_user() some >>time ago? > > > put_user()? > I don't recall. > > >>Is it the same with 64bits kernels? > > > Can you point me at the modified 2.4 file and I'll check. > IIRC include/asm-parisc/uaccess.h I do not work more on this stuff because I am awaiting patch that Randolph (always iirc) should still have in its tree to change the management of exception (which Matthew assumes to never occur in kernel mode iirc) (sorry but I just spend half an hour to find back this thread but without success :( ) hth, Joel