linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] parisc: Remove sizeof(frame) from call to get

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Date:	Sat, 5 Jul 2014 00:01:20 -0400
From:	Nick Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	jejb@...isc-linux.org, deller@....de, tiwai@...e.de,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, dave.anglin@...l.net,
	linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] parisc: Remove sizeof(frame) from call to get_sigframe

I didn't compile check it seems to be a valid line after reading this.
I will resend a new patch removing the FIX ME line.
Sorry Nick

On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 11:58 PM, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-07-04 at 23:20 -0400, Nicholas Krause wrote:
>> This removes the sizeof(frame) from the call to get_sigframe on line
>> 243 in order to fix the call to this function as the sizeof in not
>> needed to call this function.
>
> How did you compile this?
>
> arch/parisc/kernel/signal.c:178:get_sigframe(struct k_sigaction *ka, unsigned long sp, size_t frame_size)
>
>> diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/signal.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/signal.c
> []
>> @@ -240,8 +240,7 @@ setup_rt_frame(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
> []
>> -     /*FIXME: frame_size parameter is unused, remove it. */
>> -     frame = get_sigframe(ka, usp, sizeof(*frame));
>> +     frame = get_sigframe(ka, usp)
>
> Nichola
>
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