linux-kernel - [PATCH] elfcore-compat fix uid/gid types

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Date:	Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:20:58 -0800 (PST)
From:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] elfcore-compat fix uid/gid types


I overlooked the difference between __kernel_uid_t and uid_t when defining
struct compat_elf_prpsinfo.  The result is a regression in 32-bit core
dumps on x86_64, where the NT_PRPSINFO note has the wrong size and layout.
This patch fixes it.

Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
---
 include/linux/elfcore-compat.h |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/elfcore-compat.h b/include/linux/elfcore-compat.h
index 532d13a..0a90e1c 100644
--- a/include/linux/elfcore-compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/elfcore-compat.h
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ struct compat_elf_prpsinfo
 	char				pr_zomb;
 	char				pr_nice;
 	compat_ulong_t			pr_flag;
-	compat_uid_t			pr_uid;
-	compat_gid_t			pr_gid;
+	__compat_uid_t			pr_uid;
+	__compat_gid_t			pr_gid;
 	compat_pid_t			pr_pid, pr_ppid, pr_pgrp, pr_sid;
 	char				pr_fname[16];
 	char				pr_psargs[ELF_PRARGSZ];
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