linux-kernel - Re: Resend: /proc/<pid>/maps offset output broken in 2.6.29

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Date:	Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:45:47 -0600
From:	"Chris Friesen" <cfriesen@...tel.com>
To:	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
CC:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Michael Ellerman <michael@...erman.id.au>,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	peterz@...radead.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: Resend: /proc/<pid>/maps offset output broken in 2.6.29

Hugh Dickins wrote:

> This is a cosmetic matter, not worth more than a couple of lines of
> code: I suggested masking off the high bits in the display, but when
> KAMEZAWA-san suggested just showing 0, it was hard to argue against
> his brutal simplicity.

<snip>

> Consider this change a fix: it used to show 00000000 before 2.6.7.
> 
> See http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/1/13/331 for one of the threads
> on the subject - but you've not tempted me to reopen it!

Okay, fair enough.  I'll change my code to deal with it.  Thanks for the 
explanation.

Chris
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