On 04/23/2010 03:46 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
On Friday 23 April 2010, Avi Kivity wrote:
On 04/23/2010 03:27 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
Using a 64-bit integer avoids the problem (though perhaps not sufficient
for s390, Arnd?)
When there is only a __u64 for the address, it will work on s390 as well,
gcc is smart enough to clear the upper bit on a cast from long to pointer.
Ah, much more convenient than compat_ioctl. I assume it part of the
ABI, not a gccism?
I don't think it's part of the ABI, but it's required to guarantee
that code like this works:
int compare_pointer(void *a, void *b)
{
unsigned long ai = (unsigned long)a, bi = (unsigned long)b;
return ai == bi; /* true if a and b point to the same object */
}
We certainly rely on this already.
Ah so the 31st bit is optional as far as userspace is concerned? What
does it mean? (just curious)
What happens on the opposite conversion? is it restored?
What about
int compare_pointer(void *a, void *b)
{
unsigned long ai = (unsigned long)a;
void *aia = (void *)ai;
return a == b; /* true if a and b point to the same object */
}
Does gcc mask the big in pointer comparisons as well?
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