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On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 12:09:19PM +1000, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > Augh. It also makes code even uglier than it used to be:
> 
> Sure.  First step is to put this function in kernel/compat.c where it
> belongs.  The identical function is already in kernel/uid16.c, but
> defining CONFIG_UID16 does not work for these platforms (which only
> want 16-bit uids for the 32-bit syscalls).
 

That works, I guess.  See my other message today (sorry, I forgot to CC: you
Rusty) with a different approach.  It makes uid16.c actually always be used.