linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] diskquota: 32bit quota tools on 64bit architectures

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Date:	Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:34:50 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	vtaras@...nvz.org, dev@...ru, vvs@...ru, devel@...nvz.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nataliep@...gle.com, jack@...e.cz,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] diskquota: 32bit quota tools on 64bit architectures

From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:33:16 -0700

> Only x86_64 and ia64 are fixed.  Would it be correct to assume that the
> other CONFIG_COMPAT architectures also need to be fixed?

Only platforms which compat to "i386" have the issue wrt.
the alignment of "u64" types, which is "4" on i386 and
"8" on the platforms that compat to them.

This has been mentioned at least 3 times in this thread.
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