linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] Introduce a version6 of autofs interface, to fix design error.

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Date:	Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:28:50 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mjt@....msk.ru
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	autofs@...r.kernel.org, raven@...maw.net, thomas@...3r.de,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Introduce a version6 of autofs interface, to fix
 design error.

From: Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:10:55 +0400

> On 27.04.2012 20:22, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>
>> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:45:30 +0400
>> 
>>> Please note: the talk is about 32bit userspace on 64bit kernel,
>>> which should be quite rare these days, or something of less
>>> priority.
>> 
>> You're talking about %99 of powerpc and sparc systems.
> 
> Nope.  Only about x86 32 on 64 bits, and only with 3.3 kernel.
> The original problem does not exist on ppc, at least as far as
> I understand.

I was making a general point about 32-bit userspace on a 64-bit
kernel, but yes for this specific bug the issue doesn't exist.
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