Re: Commit 085219f79cad broke Sparc-32 back in 2.6.28.

[Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>]

On Friday 26 March 2010 22:37:45 David Miller wrote:
> From: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
> Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:35:47 -0500
>
> > What exactly was the problem with just saying "unsigned short" when you
> > mean an unsigned short?  The way x86 does, and arm?  (If these ever
> > change, it breaks binary compatability.  Not sure what these changes were
> > trying to accomplish...)
>
> I was trying to use well defined types that described the
> usage and the origin of the definition.
>
> I'm happy to use "unsigned short" or whatever works better.
> Please send a patch.

Sure thing:

--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/stat.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/stat.h
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ struct stat {
 	ino_t		st_ino;
 	mode_t		st_mode;
 	short		st_nlink;
-	uid16_t		st_uid;
-	gid16_t		st_gid;
+	unsigned short	st_uid;
+	unsigned short	st_gid;
 	unsigned short	st_rdev;
 	off_t		st_size;
 	time_t		st_atime;

Signed-off-by: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>

Rob
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