From: Albert Cahalan <albert@users.sf.net>
To: linux-kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: kernel@ragnark.vestdata.no, corliss@digitalmages.com,
tim@physik3.uni-rostock.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] fix BSD accounting (w/ long-term perspective ;-)
Date: 12 Mar 2004 18:20:16 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1079133615.2255.603.camel@cube> (raw)
> store a version number in the last byte of struct acct, which allows
> for a smooth transition to a new binary format when 2.7 comes out.
> For 2.7, extend uid/gid fields to 32 bit, report times in terms
> of AHZ=100 on all platforms (thus allowing to report times up to 1988
> days), and remove the compatibility stuff from the kernel.
This is no good. The struct size varies. It is 64 bytes on
most architectures. It is likely to be larger on hppa, and
smaller on m68k or arm.
The second byte is available, as padding on every arch.
Use that instead.
next reply other threads:[~2004-03-12 23:15 UTC|newest]
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2004-03-12 23:20 Albert Cahalan [this message]
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2004-03-08 23:03 [PATCH][RFC] fix BSD accounting (w/ long-term perspective ;-) Tim Schmielau
2004-03-08 23:33 ` Tim Schmielau
2004-03-09 0:23 ` Arthur Corliss
2004-03-12 17:59 ` Ragnar Kjørstad
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