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Message-Id: <200902261442.02519.arnd@arndb.de> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:42:02 +0100 From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> To: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] perfcounters: fix a few minor cleanliness issues On Thursday 26 February 2009, Paul Mackerras wrote: > This fixes three issues noticed by Arnd Bergmann: > > - Add #ifdef __KERNEL__ and move some things around in perf_counter.h > to make sure only the bits that userspace needs are exported to > userspace. > > - Use __u64, __s64, __u32 types in the structs exported to userspace > rather than u64, s64, u32. > > - Make the sys_perf_counter_open syscall available to the SPUs on > Cell platforms. > > And one issue that I noticed in looking at the code again: > > - Wrap the perf_counter_open syscall with SYSCALL_DEFINE4 so we get > the proper handling of int arguments on ppc64 (and some other 64-bit > architectures). > > Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> > Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org> Thanks for the follow-up! Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> -- 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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