From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:60875 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268131AbUIGOuY (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Sep 2004 10:50:24 -0400 Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 15:50:22 +0100 From: Matthew Wilcox Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix argument checking in sched_setaffinity Message-ID: <20040907145022.GI642@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <20040904180548.2dcdd488.pj@sgi.com> <20040904204850.48b7cfbd.pj@sgi.com> <20040904211749.3f713a8a.pj@sgi.com> <20040904215205.0a067ab8.pj@sgi.com> <20040906182330.GA79122@muc.de> <20040906141142.663941fb.pj@sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Paul Jackson , ak@muc.de, Andrew Morton , Linux Arch list List-ID: On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 07:40:53AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Now, it will _only_ break systems that are _both_ 64-bit _and_ big-endian. > Little-endian or 32-bit boxes will never care. > > So it's ppc64, sparc64, s390x and sh64. I suspect the breakage is ... and parisc64. Not that we have 64 bit userland yet either. > basically zero, since not only aren't there _that_ many machines out > there, the percentage of them that use setaffinity or mbind is likely not > that high either. -- "Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain