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On March 8, 2017 8:16:49 PM PST, Rob Landley <rob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On 03/04/2017 07:05 AM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 03, 2017 at 01:27:10PM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
>>> diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
>>> index b687cb22301c..c5ff9850952f 100644
>>> --- a/kernel/futex.c
>>> +++ b/kernel/futex.c
>>> @@ -1457,6 +1457,42 @@ futex_wake(u32 __user *uaddr, unsigned int
>flags, int nr_wake, u32 bitset)
>>> return ret;
>>> }
>>>
>>> +static int futex_atomic_op_inuser(int encoded_op, u32 __user
>*uaddr)
>>> +{
>>> + int op = (encoded_op >> 28) & 7;
>>> + int cmp = (encoded_op >> 24) & 15;
>>> + int oparg = (encoded_op << 8) >> 20;
>>> + int cmparg = (encoded_op << 20) >> 20;
>>
>> Hmm. oparg and cmparg look like they're doing these shifts to get
>sign
>> extension of the 12-bit values by assuming that "int" is 32-bit -
>> probably worth a comment, or for safety, they should be "s32" so it's
>> not dependent on the bit-width of "int".
>
>I thought Linux depended on the LP64 standard for all architectures?
>
>Standard: http://www.unix.org/whitepapers/64bit.html
>Rationale: http://www.unix.org/version2/whatsnew/lp64_wp.html
>
>So int has a defined bit width (32) on linux?
>
>Rob
Linux is ILP32 on 32-bit architectures and LP64 on 64-bit architectures, but that doesn't inherently make this stuff clear.
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