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Message-ID: <47432267.4040202@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:07:35 -0800 From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com> To: Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com> CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 4/6] Allow setting FD_CLOEXEC flag for new sockets -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Zach Brown wrote: > Have you given thought to having to perform compat translation on this? > Today it's only copied directly from the user pointer into the union > in the task_struct. Since there is no legacy interface to worry about all members added to the structure can and should be neutral of the word size. We've done this with some syscalls already (like pread64) where we always use the wide form in the parameter list. It's just more simple here since it does not have to split into two 32-bit registers. - -- ➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHQyJn2ijCOnn/RHQRAmWeAJ0Q6qBDtZDvsZYlfBnPFL6n11Z+lwCghiVp NklFHsSnVyQYMD5rinDFQPo= =Yo5E -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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