linux-kernel - asm-x86/sigcontext.h changes break userland

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Message-ID: <20080213001532.GJ24887@devserv.devel.redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:15:32 -0500
From:	Jakub Jelinek <jakub@...hat.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: asm-x86/sigcontext.h changes break userland

Hi!

The

x86: use generic register names in struct sigcontext
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=742fa54a62be6a263df14a553bf832724471dfbe

changeset breaks userland, e.g. it is not possible to compile gcc anymore
(both 32-bit and 64-bit libgcc), and I expect any other program which pokes
into struct sigcontext.  The register names with e resp. r have been in use
for years, what's the point breaking it now?

	Jakub
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