Re: [PATCH] Re: Sparc32: random invalid instruction occourances on sparc32 (sun4c)

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On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 11:27 +0100, Mark Fortescue wrote:
> Another related point that may also need to be considered is that I think 
> I am correct in saying that on ARM and on the 64bit platforms, sizeof 
> (unsigned long long) is 16 (128bits).

No, it's always 64 bits.

> Should the RedZone words be specified as __u64 not the unsigned long long 
> used or does the alignment need to be that of unsigned long long ?

You have to play silly buggers with printk formats (%lx vs. %llx) if you
do that. And you have to make a choice about using proper C types or the
Linux-specific nonsense. 'unsigned long long' is just easier all round.

-- 
dwmw2

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