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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>,
	linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>,
	John David Anglin <dave.anglin@bell.net>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
	Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de>,
	autofs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] unbreak automounter support on 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace (v2)
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:08:15 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51128DFF.1090904@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1360130286.4186.0.camel@perseus.themaw.net>

On 02/05/2013 09:58 PM, Ian Kent wrote:
>>
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/auto_fs.h b/include/uapi/linux/auto_fs.h
>> index 77cdba9..bb991df 100644
>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/auto_fs.h
>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/auto_fs.h
>> @@ -28,25 +28,16 @@
>>   #define AUTOFS_MIN_PROTO_VERSION	AUTOFS_PROTO_VERSION
>>
>>   /*
>> - * Architectures where both 32- and 64-bit binaries can be executed
>> - * on 64-bit kernels need this.  This keeps the structure format
>> - * uniform, and makes sure the wait_queue_token isn't too big to be
>> - * passed back down to the kernel.
>> - *
>> - * This assumes that on these architectures:
>> - * mode     32 bit    64 bit
>> - * -------------------------
>> - * int      32 bit    32 bit
>> - * long     32 bit    64 bit
>> - *
>> - * If so, 32-bit user-space code should be backwards compatible.
>> + * The wait_queue_token (autofs_wqt_t) is part of a structure which is passed
>> + * back to the kernel via ioctl from userspace. On architectures where 32- and
>> + * 64-bit userspace binaries can be executed it's important that the size of
>> + * autofs_wqt_t stays constant between 32- and 64-bit Linux kernels so that we
>> + * do not break the binary ABI interface by changing the structure size.
>>    */
>> -
>> -#if defined(__sparc__) || defined(__mips__) || defined(__x86_64__) \
>> - || defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__s390__)
>> -typedef unsigned int autofs_wqt_t;
>> -#else
>> +#if defined(__ia64__) || defined(__alpha__) /* pure 64bit architectures */
>>   typedef unsigned long autofs_wqt_t;
>> +#else
>> +typedef unsigned int autofs_wqt_t;
>>   #endif
>>
>>   /* Packet types */
>
> Acked-by: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
>

Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>

	-hpa


-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.


  reply	other threads:[~2013-02-06 17:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-01-31 20:01 [PATCH] parisc: unbreak automounter support on 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace Helge Deller
2013-01-31 20:26 ` James Bottomley
2013-01-31 21:00   ` Rolf Eike Beer
2013-01-31 21:29   ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-01-31 21:42     ` James Bottomley
2013-01-31 21:46       ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-01-31 22:10         ` Rolf Eike Beer
2013-01-31 23:13           ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-01 14:51           ` Catalin Marinas
2013-02-04 19:39     ` [PATCH] unbreak automounter support on 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace (v2) Helge Deller
2013-02-04 21:35       ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-02-06  5:58       ` Ian Kent
2013-02-06 17:08         ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2013-02-06 17:21       ` Catalin Marinas

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