linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/19] UML - Tidy stub management code

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Date:	Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:45:24 -0400
From:	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
To:	WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:	akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/19] UML - Tidy stub management code

On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 06:01:12PM +0800, WANG Cong wrote:
> > +	/*
> > +	 * When the stub stops, we find the following values on the
> > +	 * beginning of the stack:
> > +	 * (long) return_value
> > +	 * (long) offset to failed sycall data (0 if no error)
> > +	 */
> > +	ret = *((unsigned long *) stack);
> 
> 
> I am afraid the value will be truncated on 64bit machine, since
> 'ret' is 'int' while 'stack' points to an 'unsigned long'.
> 
> Is this expected?

That's dubious, but I don't think it breaks anything.  On LE, *(int *)
and *(long *) will give you the same answer, and the value here is an
error code, which fits into 32 bits.

      	    	       Jeff

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