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From: Serban Constantinescu <Serban.Constantinescu@arm.com>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"kernel-team@android.com" <kernel-team@android.com>,
	"arve@android.com" <arve@android.com>,
	"john.stultz@linaro.org" <john.stultz@linaro.org>,
	Dave Butcher <Dave.Butcher@arm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: android: ashmem: Add support for 32bit ashmem calls in a 64bit kernel
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:25:55 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5135C833.8080209@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130305083707.GA7513@kroah.com>

On 05/03/13 08:37, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 06:44:36PM +0000, Serban Constantinescu wrote:
>> Android's shared memory subsystem, Ashmem, does not support calls from a
>> 32bit userspace in a 64 bit kernel. This patch adds support for syscalls
>> coming from a 32bit userspace in a 64bit kernel.
>>
>> The patch has been successfully tested on ARMv8 AEM(64bit
>> platform model) and Versatile Express A9(32bit platform).
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Serban Constantinescu <serban.constantinescu@arm.com>
>> Acked-by: Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@android.com>
>> Acked-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
>
> This patch breaks the build on my machine:
> drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c: In function ‘compat_ashmem_ioctl’:
> drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c:711:7: error: ‘compat_size_t’ undeclared (first use in this function)
> drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c:711:7: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in

When building for x86_64 we need <linux/compat.h>. Sorry I forgot it, 
should build fine now.

>
> so of course, I can't take it :(

Thanks,
Serban


  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-03-05 10:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <staging: android: ashmem: add 32bit compat support>
2013-02-25 18:44 ` [PATCH] staging: android: ashmem: add 32bit compat support Serban Constantinescu
2013-02-25 18:44   ` [PATCH] staging: android: ashmem: Add support for 32bit ashmem calls in a 64bit kernel Serban Constantinescu
2013-02-25 18:55     ` John Stultz
2013-02-25 22:53     ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2013-03-05  8:37     ` Greg KH
2013-03-05 10:18       ` Serban Constantinescu
2013-03-05 10:27         ` Greg KH
2013-03-05 10:38           ` Serban Constantinescu
2013-03-05 10:47             ` Greg KH
2013-03-05 10:25       ` Serban Constantinescu [this message]
2013-02-25 18:57   ` [PATCH] staging: android: ashmem: add 32bit compat support Greg KH

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