linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86-64: also define AT_VECTOR_SIZE

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Date:	Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:53:37 +0000
From:	"Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@...ell.com>
To:	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	<olaf@...fle.de>, "Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, <mingo@...hat.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86-64: also define AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH

>>> Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> 17.12.07 14:42 >>>
>
>* Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com> wrote:
>
>> The patch introducing this left out x86-64, despite it also having 
>> extra entries.
>
>thanks, applied. Is there any 2.6.24 urgency for this?

While I haven't seen x86-64 to break due to this (it appears that 32-bit
apps would be more susceptible), I know that we had major problems
with the respective piece missing from the 32-bit Xen kernels in openSuSE
10.3, so I would strongly suggest putting this into .24.

Jan

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