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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: benh@kernel.crashing.org
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	kernel@teksavvy.com, drepper@redhat.com,
	torvalds@linux-foundation.org, munroesj@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: 64-syscall args on 32-bit vs syscall()
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:06:46 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100314.220646.190065794.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1268628493.2355.2.camel@pasglop>

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:48:13 +1100

> As it is, any 32-bit app using syscall() on any of the syscalls that
> takes 64-bit arguments will be broken, unless the app itself breaks up
> the argument, but the the order of the hi and lo part is different
> between BE and LE architectures ;-)

I think it is even different on the same endian architectures,
f.e. mips I think.

There is no way to do this without some arch specific code
to handle things properly, really.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-03-15  5:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-03-15  4:48 64-syscall args on 32-bit vs syscall() Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-15  4:48 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-15  5:06 ` David Miller [this message]
2010-03-15  5:18   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-15  5:54     ` David Miller
2010-03-15 20:22       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-15 13:44     ` Ralf Baechle
2010-03-15 15:13       ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-03-15 16:00         ` Ulrich Drepper
2010-03-15 19:00           ` David Miller
2010-03-15 19:41             ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-03-15 20:35               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-15 20:41                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-03-16 21:56                 ` Steven Munroe
2010-03-17  0:31                   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-17  0:31                     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-17  5:52                     ` Ulrich Drepper
2010-03-17  8:56                       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-17  9:14                         ` Ulrich Drepper
2010-03-17 10:13                           ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-17  9:18                         ` Jamie Lokier
2010-03-17 10:18                           ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-17 18:30                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-03-17 20:35                           ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-17 20:53                             ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-03-17 22:58                               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-17 22:58                                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-18 16:08                                 ` Steven Munroe
2010-03-18 16:21                                   ` Andreas Schwab
2010-03-18 16:21                                     ` Andreas Schwab
2010-03-18 17:03                                     ` Steven Munroe
2010-03-18 21:18                                       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-19  1:22                                         ` Jamie Lokier
2010-03-15 20:27       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-15 15:03 ` Steven Munroe
2010-03-15 20:32   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2010-03-15 15:04 ` Jamie Lokier
2010-03-15 20:33   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt

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