On 05/18/2012 02:31 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > However, in the kernel we *always* copy the fields one by one for compat > mode, even for the architectures that have identical layout between 32 and > 64 bit, and at least one libc implementation that I've seen (IIRC uClibc) > hardcodes the data structure to be the same as x86, with the padding > after the 'long', for all architectures. When I introduced the asm-generic > version of this, we had a discussion about whether we should try to use > the version with the "correct" padding but in the end decided to just use > the x86 version because that is what most big-endian architectures do > anyway. > Ouch. Fail. asm-generic should be about what is the right thing going forward. -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
