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@ 2007-06-19 19:30 akpm
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The patch titled
     Introduce compat_u64 and compat_s64 types
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     introduce-compat_u64-and-compat_s64-types.patch

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Subject: Introduce compat_u64 and compat_s64 types
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

One common problem with 32 bit system call and ioctl emulation is the
different alignment rules between i386 and 64 bit machines.  A number of
drivers work around this by marking the compat structures as
'attribute((packed))', which is not the right solution because it breaks
all the non-x86 architectures that want to use the same compat code.

Hopefully, this patch improves the situation, it introduces two new types,
compat_u64 and compat_s64.  These are defined on all architectures to have
the same size and alignment as the 32 bit version of u64 and s64.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Vasily Tarasov <vtaras@openvz.org>
Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 include/asm-ia64/compat.h    |    2 ++
 include/asm-mips/compat.h    |    2 ++
 include/asm-parisc/compat.h  |    2 ++
 include/asm-powerpc/compat.h |    2 ++
 include/asm-s390/compat.h    |    2 ++
 include/asm-sparc64/compat.h |    2 ++
 include/asm-x86_64/compat.h  |    2 ++
 7 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff -puN include/asm-ia64/compat.h~introduce-compat_u64-and-compat_s64-types include/asm-ia64/compat.h
--- a/include/asm-ia64/compat.h~introduce-compat_u64-and-compat_s64-types
+++ a/include/asm-ia64/compat.h
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ typedef s32		compat_timer_t;
 
 typedef s32		compat_int_t;
 typedef s32		compat_long_t;
+typedef s64 __attribute__((aligned(4))) compat_s64;
 typedef u32		compat_uint_t;
 typedef u32		compat_ulong_t;
+typedef u64 __attribute__((aligned(4))) compat_u64;
 
 struct compat_timespec {
 	compat_time_t	tv_sec;
diff -puN include/asm-mips/compat.h~introduce-compat_u64-and-compat_s64-types include/asm-mips/compat.h
--- a/include/asm-mips/compat.h~introduce-compat_u64-and-compat_s64-types
+++ a/include/asm-mips/compat.h
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ typedef s32		compat_key_t;
 
 typedef s32		compat_int_t;
 typedef s32		compat_long_t;
+typedef s64		compat_s64;
 typedef u32		compat_uint_t;
 typedef u32		compat_ulong_t;
+typedef u64		compat_u64;
 
 struct compat_timespec {
 	compat_time_t	tv_sec;
diff -puN include/asm-parisc/compat.h~introduce-compat_u64-and-compat_s64-types include/asm-parisc/compat.h
--- a/include/asm-parisc/compat.h~introduce-compat_u64-and-compat_s64-types
+++ a/include/asm-parisc/compat.h
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ typedef s32	compat_timer_t;
 
 typedef s32	compat_int_t;
 typedef s32	compat_long_t;
+typedef s64	compat_s64;
 typedef u32	compat_uint_t;
 typedef u32	compat_ulong_t;
+typedef u64	compat_u64;
 
 struct compat_timespec {
 	compat_time_t		tv_sec;
diff -puN include/asm-powerpc/compat.h~introduce-compat_u64-and-compat_s64-types include/asm-powerpc/compat.h
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/compat.h~introduce-compat_u64-and-compat_s64-types
+++ a/include/asm-powerpc/compat.h
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ typedef s32		compat_timer_t;
 
 typedef s32		compat_int_t;
 typedef s32		compat_long_t;
+typedef s64		compat_s64;
 typedef u32		compat_uint_t;
 typedef u32		compat_ulong_t;
+typedef u64		compat_u64;
 
 struct compat_timespec {
 	compat_time_t	tv_sec;
diff -puN include/asm-s390/compat.h~introduce-compat_u64-and-compat_s64-types include/asm-s390/compat.h
--- a/include/asm-s390/compat.h~introduce-compat_u64-and-compat_s64-types
+++ a/include/asm-s390/compat.h
@@ -60,8 +60,10 @@ typedef s32		compat_timer_t;
 
 typedef s32		compat_int_t;
 typedef s32		compat_long_t;
+typedef s64		compat_s64;
 typedef u32		compat_uint_t;
 typedef u32		compat_ulong_t;
+typedef u64		compat_u64;
 
 struct compat_timespec {
 	compat_time_t	tv_sec;
diff -puN include/asm-sparc64/compat.h~introduce-compat_u64-and-compat_s64-types include/asm-sparc64/compat.h
--- a/include/asm-sparc64/compat.h~introduce-compat_u64-and-compat_s64-types
+++ a/include/asm-sparc64/compat.h
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ typedef s32		compat_timer_t;
 
 typedef s32		compat_int_t;
 typedef s32		compat_long_t;
+typedef s64		compat_s64;
 typedef u32		compat_uint_t;
 typedef u32		compat_ulong_t;
+typedef u64		compat_u64;
 
 struct compat_timespec {
 	compat_time_t	tv_sec;
diff -puN include/asm-x86_64/compat.h~introduce-compat_u64-and-compat_s64-types include/asm-x86_64/compat.h
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/compat.h~introduce-compat_u64-and-compat_s64-types
+++ a/include/asm-x86_64/compat.h
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ typedef s32		compat_key_t;
 
 typedef s32		compat_int_t;
 typedef s32		compat_long_t;
+typedef s64 __attribute__((aligned(4))) compat_s64;
 typedef u32		compat_uint_t;
 typedef u32		compat_ulong_t;
+typedef u64 __attribute__((aligned(4))) compat_u64;
 
 struct compat_timespec {
 	compat_time_t	tv_sec;
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from arnd@arndb.de are

git-powerpc.patch
8xx-mpc885ads-pcmcia-support.patch
dts-kill-hardcoded-phandles.patch
mm-merge-nopfn-into-fault-spufs-fix.patch
8xx-fix-whitespace-and-indentation.patch
introduce-compat_u64-and-compat_s64-types.patch
fallocate-implementation-on-i86-x86_64-and-powerpc.patch


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