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From: Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: asm-x86/sigcontext.h changes break userland
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:15:32 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080213001532.GJ24887@devserv.devel.redhat.com> (raw)

Hi!

The

x86: use generic register names in struct sigcontext
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=742fa54a62be6a263df14a553bf832724471dfbe

changeset breaks userland, e.g. it is not possible to compile gcc anymore
(both 32-bit and 64-bit libgcc), and I expect any other program which pokes
into struct sigcontext.  The register names with e resp. r have been in use
for years, what's the point breaking it now?

	Jakub

             reply	other threads:[~2008-02-13  0:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-02-13  0:15 Jakub Jelinek [this message]
2008-02-13  7:26 ` asm-x86/sigcontext.h changes break userland Ingo Molnar
2008-02-13 12:49   ` Jakub Jelinek

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