On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 03:37:38PM -0800, Kip Walker wrote: > In the 64-bit kernel, the semaphore structure (like the 32-bit kernel) > has waking and count fields swizzled so they line up the same in a > 64-bit double word for either endian. However, the semaphore-helper.h > function waking_non_zero_interruptible still has specialized code for > little-endian manipulation of the fields as though they are swapped. > > Patch is attached, and fixes a pipe deadlock I was seeing (both the > reader and writer were down'ing the semaphore). > > patch is against 2.5, but should be clean against 2.4 also. Patch is ok. I tweaked it slightly to make the 2.4 and 2.5 versions identical. General request to everybody - cc me on all patches that you wish to submit even if you're posting them to some list. Ralf
