linux-kernel - Re: [regression] x86/signal/64: Fix SS handling for signals delivered to 64-bit programs breaks dosemu

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Date:	Thu, 13 Aug 2015 13:07:40 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Stas Sergeev <stsp@...t.ru>
Cc:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [regression] x86/signal/64: Fix SS handling for signals delivered
 to 64-bit programs breaks dosemu

On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 12:59 PM, Stas Sergeev <stsp@...t.ru> wrote:
>
> It doesn't: fedora provides a "sanitized up" version of sigcontext.h
> in /usr/include/bits, which comes from glibc-headers-2.21-7.fc22.x86_64.
> So it seems the "sanitized up" headers come from glibc, which
> means all other distros would have that too.

Yes. Except the whole point of uapi was that in the long term the
glibc people should just be able to pick up the kernel ones directly.

And while that may involve some further editing, it sure as hell
shouldn't involve "oh, I know, this got renamed, so now I have to
rename it back". That would be crazy.

                    Linus
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