Re: [PATCH] ARM: add get_user() support for 8 byte types

Rob Clark
2012-11-15T13:04:26Z

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 3:19 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> On Tuesday 13 November 2012, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
>> You're missing something; that is one of the greatest powers of open
>> source. The many eyes (and minds) effect. Someone out there probably
>> has a solution to whatever problem, the trick is to find that person. :)
>>
>> I think we have a working solution for this for ARM. It won't be suitable
>> for every arch, where they have 8-bit and 16-bit registers able to be
>> allocated by the compiler, but for architectures where the minimum register
>> size is 32-bit, what we have below should work.
>
> I don't mind at all adding the extension to ARM, and I think it's pretty
> cool that you guys actually found a working solution.
>
> The part that worries me is that we are making architecture independent
> code depend on a clever hack that may or may not be possible to implement
> on a given architecture, and that most architecture maintainers wouldn't
> know how to implement correctly even if it's possible.

I could always send a 3rd version with a comment smashed on about why
that works if you think this is a problem..

BR,
-R

> Arnd
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