* [PATCH] parisc: unbreak automounter support on 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace @ 2013-01-31 20:01 Helge Deller 2013-01-31 20:26 ` James Bottomley 0 siblings, 1 reply; 14+ messages in thread From: Helge Deller @ 2013-01-31 20:01 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-parisc, James.Bottomley, linux-kernel Similiar to other 64 bit Linux targets autofs_wqt_t needs to be of type int which has a size of 32 bits on 32- and 64-bit parisc kernels. Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/auto_fs.h b/include/uapi/linux/auto_fs.h index 77cdba9..d551754 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/auto_fs.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/auto_fs.h @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ */ #if defined(__sparc__) || defined(__mips__) || defined(__x86_64__) \ - || defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__s390__) + || defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__s390__) || defined(__hppa__) typedef unsigned int autofs_wqt_t; #else typedef unsigned long autofs_wqt_t; ^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 14+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] parisc: unbreak automounter support on 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace 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 0 siblings, 2 replies; 14+ messages in thread From: James Bottomley @ 2013-01-31 20:26 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Helge Deller; +Cc: linux-parisc, linux-kernel, Ian Kent, autofs [adding autofs list and maintainer for their perusal and ack, although this is an obvious fix to me James] On Thu, 2013-01-31 at 21:01 +0100, Helge Deller wrote: > Similiar to other 64 bit Linux targets autofs_wqt_t needs to be of type int > which has a size of 32 bits on 32- and 64-bit parisc kernels. > > Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> > > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/auto_fs.h b/include/uapi/linux/auto_fs.h > index 77cdba9..d551754 100644 > --- a/include/uapi/linux/auto_fs.h > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/auto_fs.h > @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ > */ > > #if defined(__sparc__) || defined(__mips__) || defined(__x86_64__) \ > - || defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__s390__) > + || defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__s390__) || defined(__hppa__) > typedef unsigned int autofs_wqt_t; > #else > typedef unsigned long autofs_wqt_t; > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-parisc" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 14+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] parisc: unbreak automounter support on 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace 2013-01-31 20:26 ` James Bottomley @ 2013-01-31 21:00 ` Rolf Eike Beer 2013-01-31 21:29 ` H. Peter Anvin 1 sibling, 0 replies; 14+ messages in thread From: Rolf Eike Beer @ 2013-01-31 21:00 UTC (permalink / raw) To: James Bottomley Cc: Helge Deller, linux-parisc, linux-kernel, Ian Kent, autofs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1141 bytes --] James Bottomley wrote: > [adding autofs list and maintainer for their perusal and ack, although > this is an obvious fix to me > > James] > > On Thu, 2013-01-31 at 21:01 +0100, Helge Deller wrote: > > Similiar to other 64 bit Linux targets autofs_wqt_t needs to be of type > > int > > which has a size of 32 bits on 32- and 64-bit parisc kernels. > > > > Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> > > > > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/auto_fs.h b/include/uapi/linux/auto_fs.h > > index 77cdba9..d551754 100644 > > --- a/include/uapi/linux/auto_fs.h > > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/auto_fs.h > > @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ > > > > */ > > > > #if defined(__sparc__) || defined(__mips__) || defined(__x86_64__) \ > > > > - || defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__s390__) > > + || defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__s390__) || defined(__hppa__) > > > > typedef unsigned int autofs_wqt_t; > > #else > > typedef unsigned long autofs_wqt_t; Wouldn't it make sense to make it an unsigned int on all platforms? This wouldn't make any difference on 32 bit platforms and would prevent that to happen on the next 32-on-64 bit platform again. Eike [-- Attachment #2: This is a digitally signed message part. --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 198 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 14+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] parisc: unbreak automounter support on 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace 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 2013-02-04 19:39 ` [PATCH] unbreak automounter support on 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace (v2) Helge Deller 1 sibling, 2 replies; 14+ messages in thread From: H. Peter Anvin @ 2013-01-31 21:29 UTC (permalink / raw) To: James Bottomley Cc: Helge Deller, linux-parisc, linux-kernel, Ian Kent, autofs On 01/31/2013 12:26 PM, James Bottomley wrote: > [adding autofs list and maintainer for their perusal and ack, although > this is an obvious fix to me > > James] The #if list probably should be inverted, and only specific platforms should have unsigned long... -hpa ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 14+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] parisc: unbreak automounter support on 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace 2013-01-31 21:29 ` H. Peter Anvin @ 2013-01-31 21:42 ` James Bottomley 2013-01-31 21:46 ` H. Peter Anvin 2013-02-04 19:39 ` [PATCH] unbreak automounter support on 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace (v2) Helge Deller 1 sibling, 1 reply; 14+ messages in thread From: James Bottomley @ 2013-01-31 21:42 UTC (permalink / raw) To: H. Peter Anvin; +Cc: Helge Deller, linux-parisc, linux-kernel, Ian Kent, autofs On Thu, 2013-01-31 at 13:29 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 01/31/2013 12:26 PM, James Bottomley wrote: > > [adding autofs list and maintainer for their perusal and ack, although > > this is an obvious fix to me > > > > James] > > The #if list probably should be inverted, and only specific platforms > should have unsigned long... The whitelist is 64 bit only platforms, like ia64, isn't it? So yes, they're far less numerous. James ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 14+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] parisc: unbreak automounter support on 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace 2013-01-31 21:42 ` James Bottomley @ 2013-01-31 21:46 ` H. Peter Anvin 2013-01-31 22:10 ` Rolf Eike Beer 0 siblings, 1 reply; 14+ messages in thread From: H. Peter Anvin @ 2013-01-31 21:46 UTC (permalink / raw) To: James Bottomley Cc: Helge Deller, linux-parisc, linux-kernel, Ian Kent, autofs On 01/31/2013 01:42 PM, James Bottomley wrote: > On Thu, 2013-01-31 at 13:29 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> On 01/31/2013 12:26 PM, James Bottomley wrote: >>> [adding autofs list and maintainer for their perusal and ack, although >>> this is an obvious fix to me >>> >>> James] >> >> The #if list probably should be inverted, and only specific platforms >> should have unsigned long... > > The whitelist is 64 bit only platforms, like ia64, isn't it? So yes, > they're far less numerous. > Correct. It is basically the 64-bit platforms without any 32-bit userspace, like Alpha and IA64. -hpa ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 14+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] parisc: unbreak automounter support on 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace 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 0 siblings, 2 replies; 14+ messages in thread From: Rolf Eike Beer @ 2013-01-31 22:10 UTC (permalink / raw) To: H. Peter Anvin Cc: James Bottomley, Helge Deller, linux-parisc, linux-kernel, Ian Kent, autofs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 802 bytes --] H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 01/31/2013 01:42 PM, James Bottomley wrote: > > On Thu, 2013-01-31 at 13:29 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > >> On 01/31/2013 12:26 PM, James Bottomley wrote: > >>> [adding autofs list and maintainer for their perusal and ack, although > >>> this is an obvious fix to me > >>> > >>> James] > >> > >> The #if list probably should be inverted, and only specific platforms > >> should have unsigned long... > > > > The whitelist is 64 bit only platforms, like ia64, isn't it? So yes, > > they're far less numerous. > > Correct. It is basically the 64-bit platforms without any 32-bit > userspace, like Alpha and IA64. Arm64? Should this be a CONFIG_ARCH_CAN_HAVE_32BIT_USERSPACE that would cover this? And may e.g. be used to remove compat_ioctl on those archs, too? Eike [-- Attachment #2: This is a digitally signed message part. --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 198 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 14+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] parisc: unbreak automounter support on 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace 2013-01-31 22:10 ` Rolf Eike Beer @ 2013-01-31 23:13 ` H. Peter Anvin 2013-02-01 14:51 ` Catalin Marinas 1 sibling, 0 replies; 14+ messages in thread From: H. Peter Anvin @ 2013-01-31 23:13 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Rolf Eike Beer Cc: James Bottomley, Helge Deller, linux-parisc, linux-kernel, Ian Kent, autofs On 01/31/2013 02:10 PM, Rolf Eike Beer wrote: > H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> On 01/31/2013 01:42 PM, James Bottomley wrote: >>> On Thu, 2013-01-31 at 13:29 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >>>> On 01/31/2013 12:26 PM, James Bottomley wrote: >>>>> [adding autofs list and maintainer for their perusal and >>>>> ack, although this is an obvious fix to me >>>>> >>>>> James] >>>> >>>> The #if list probably should be inverted, and only specific >>>> platforms should have unsigned long... >>> >>> The whitelist is 64 bit only platforms, like ia64, isn't it? >>> So yes, they're far less numerous. >> >> Correct. It is basically the 64-bit platforms without any >> 32-bit userspace, like Alpha and IA64. > > Arm64? Should this be a CONFIG_ARCH_CAN_HAVE_32BIT_USERSPACE that > would cover this? And may e.g. be used to remove compat_ioctl on > those archs, too? > compat_ioctl should be CONFIG_COMPAT. -hpa ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 14+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] parisc: unbreak automounter support on 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace 2013-01-31 22:10 ` Rolf Eike Beer 2013-01-31 23:13 ` H. Peter Anvin @ 2013-02-01 14:51 ` Catalin Marinas 1 sibling, 0 replies; 14+ messages in thread From: Catalin Marinas @ 2013-02-01 14:51 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Rolf Eike Beer Cc: H. Peter Anvin, James Bottomley, Helge Deller, linux-parisc, linux-kernel, Ian Kent, autofs On 31 January 2013 22:10, Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> wrote: > H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> On 01/31/2013 01:42 PM, James Bottomley wrote: >> > On Thu, 2013-01-31 at 13:29 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> >> On 01/31/2013 12:26 PM, James Bottomley wrote: >> >>> [adding autofs list and maintainer for their perusal and ack, although >> >>> this is an obvious fix to me >> >>> >> >>> James] >> >> >> >> The #if list probably should be inverted, and only specific platforms >> >> should have unsigned long... >> > >> > The whitelist is 64 bit only platforms, like ia64, isn't it? So yes, >> > they're far less numerous. >> >> Correct. It is basically the 64-bit platforms without any 32-bit >> userspace, like Alpha and IA64. > > Arm64? It supports 32-bit user-space (CONFIG_COMPAT). But we missed this #ifdef for arm64. I'm not familiar with the autofs subsystem but at a first look it seems that autofs_wqt_t types are not shared with user space as part of a structure. It can come as an argument for an ioctl command but as long as we don't expect this type to hold data larger than 32-bit it should be ok. -- Catalin ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 14+ messages in thread
* [PATCH] unbreak automounter support on 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace (v2) 2013-01-31 21:29 ` H. Peter Anvin 2013-01-31 21:42 ` James Bottomley @ 2013-02-04 19:39 ` Helge Deller 2013-02-04 21:35 ` H. Peter Anvin ` (2 more replies) 1 sibling, 3 replies; 14+ messages in thread From: Helge Deller @ 2013-02-04 19:39 UTC (permalink / raw) To: H. Peter Anvin, linux-parisc, linux-kernel, James Bottomley, John David Anglin, Catalin Marinas, Rolf Eike Beer, Ian Kent, autofs automount-support is broken on the parisc architecture, because the existing #if list does not include a check for defined(__hppa__). The HPPA (parisc) architecture is similiar to other 64bit Linux targets where we have to define autofs_wqt_t (which is passed back and forth to user space) as int type which has a size of 32bit across 32 and 64bit kernels. During the discussion on the mailing list, H. Peter Anvin suggested to invert the #if list since only specific platforms (specifically those who do not have a 32bit userspace, like IA64 and Alpha) should have autofs_wqt_t as unsigned long type. This suggestion is probably the best way to go, since Arm64 (and maybe others?) seems to have a non-working automounter. So in the long run even for other new upcoming architectures this inverted check seem to be the best solution, since it will not require them to change this #if again (unless they are 64bit only). Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> CC: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> CC: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> CC: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> CC: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> CC: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> 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 */ ^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 14+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] unbreak automounter support on 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace (v2) 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 17:21 ` Catalin Marinas 2 siblings, 0 replies; 14+ messages in thread From: H. Peter Anvin @ 2013-02-04 21:35 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Helge Deller Cc: linux-parisc, linux-kernel, James Bottomley, John David Anglin, Catalin Marinas, Rolf Eike Beer, Ian Kent, autofs On 02/04/2013 11:39 AM, Helge Deller wrote: > > This suggestion is probably the best way to go, since Arm64 (and maybe others?) > seems to have a non-working automounter. So in the long run even for other new > upcoming architectures this inverted check seem to be the best solution, since > it will not require them to change this #if again (unless they are 64bit only). > ... and even then they will generally work just fine. -hpa ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 14+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] unbreak automounter support on 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace (v2) 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 2013-02-06 17:21 ` Catalin Marinas 2 siblings, 1 reply; 14+ messages in thread From: Ian Kent @ 2013-02-06 5:58 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Helge Deller Cc: H. Peter Anvin, linux-parisc, linux-kernel, James Bottomley, John David Anglin, Catalin Marinas, Rolf Eike Beer, autofs On Mon, 2013-02-04 at 20:39 +0100, Helge Deller wrote: > automount-support is broken on the parisc architecture, because the existing > #if list does not include a check for defined(__hppa__). The HPPA (parisc) > architecture is similiar to other 64bit Linux targets where we have to define > autofs_wqt_t (which is passed back and forth to user space) as int type which > has a size of 32bit across 32 and 64bit kernels. > > During the discussion on the mailing list, H. Peter Anvin suggested to invert > the #if list since only specific platforms (specifically those who do not have > a 32bit userspace, like IA64 and Alpha) should have autofs_wqt_t as unsigned > long type. > > This suggestion is probably the best way to go, since Arm64 (and maybe others?) > seems to have a non-working automounter. So in the long run even for other new > upcoming architectures this inverted check seem to be the best solution, since > it will not require them to change this #if again (unless they are 64bit only). > > Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> > CC: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> > CC: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> > CC: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> > CC: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> > CC: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> > > > 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> ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 14+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] unbreak automounter support on 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace (v2) 2013-02-06 5:58 ` Ian Kent @ 2013-02-06 17:08 ` H. Peter Anvin 0 siblings, 0 replies; 14+ messages in thread From: H. Peter Anvin @ 2013-02-06 17:08 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Ian Kent Cc: Helge Deller, linux-parisc, linux-kernel, James Bottomley, John David Anglin, Catalin Marinas, Rolf Eike Beer, autofs 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. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 14+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] unbreak automounter support on 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace (v2) 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 17:21 ` Catalin Marinas 2 siblings, 0 replies; 14+ messages in thread From: Catalin Marinas @ 2013-02-06 17:21 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Helge Deller Cc: H. Peter Anvin, linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, James Bottomley, John David Anglin, Rolf Eike Beer, Ian Kent, autofs@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 07:39:52PM +0000, Helge Deller wrote: > automount-support is broken on the parisc architecture, because the existing > #if list does not include a check for defined(__hppa__). The HPPA (parisc) > architecture is similiar to other 64bit Linux targets where we have to define > autofs_wqt_t (which is passed back and forth to user space) as int type which > has a size of 32bit across 32 and 64bit kernels. > > During the discussion on the mailing list, H. Peter Anvin suggested to invert > the #if list since only specific platforms (specifically those who do not have > a 32bit userspace, like IA64 and Alpha) should have autofs_wqt_t as unsigned > long type. > > This suggestion is probably the best way to go, since Arm64 (and maybe others?) > seems to have a non-working automounter. So in the long run even for other new > upcoming architectures this inverted check seem to be the best solution, since > it will not require them to change this #if again (unless they are 64bit only). > > Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> > CC: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> > CC: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> > CC: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> > CC: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> > CC: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 14+ messages in thread
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