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Message-ID: <20071002075924.GB30490@one.firstfloor.org>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 09:59:24 +0200
From: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To: Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>, apw@...dowen.org,
KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: x86 patches was Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.24
> Grumble. The options are:
>
> a) export it in the kernel's native size and have userspace figure it
> out
> b) add a header
> c) lie to 32-bit apps on 64-bit kernels
> d) always export 32 bits
> e) always export 64 bits
>
> I started with (a), switched to (b), and then Alan and Dave convinced
> me to switch back to (a). I don't think (c) is desireable, especially
> as it means having two code paths. (d) would work until memory got
> large enough that PFNs didn't fit in 32 bits. (e) would be ok all
> around, except for the extra overhead. Ho hum.
If the overhead of (e) is ok for 64bit it should be ok for 32bit too.
-Andi
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