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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdV2-StqLjnMXk8EDbfMSUik7BWuQ1phNSoUq_D0i_1icQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:12:34 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	mingo@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	hjl.tools@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/30] sysinfo: Use explicit types in <linux/sysinfo.h>

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 01:07, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
> --- a/include/linux/sysinfo.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sysinfo.h
> @@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
>  #ifndef _LINUX_SYSINFO_H
>  #define _LINUX_SYSINFO_H
>
> +#include <linux/types.h>
> +
>  #define SI_LOAD_SHIFT  16
>  struct sysinfo {
> -       long uptime;                    /* Seconds since boot */
> -       unsigned long loads[3];         /* 1, 5, and 15 minute load averages */
> -       unsigned long totalram;         /* Total usable main memory size */
> -       unsigned long freeram;          /* Available memory size */
> -       unsigned long sharedram;        /* Amount of shared memory */
> -       unsigned long bufferram;        /* Memory used by buffers */
> -       unsigned long totalswap;        /* Total swap space size */
> -       unsigned long freeswap;         /* swap space still available */
> -       unsigned short procs;           /* Number of current processes */
> -       unsigned short pad;             /* explicit padding for m68k */
> -       unsigned long totalhigh;        /* Total high memory size */
> -       unsigned long freehigh;         /* Available high memory size */
> -       unsigned int mem_unit;          /* Memory unit size in bytes */
> -       char _f[20-2*sizeof(long)-sizeof(int)]; /* Padding: libc5 uses this.. */
> +       __kernel_long_t uptime;         /* Seconds since boot */
> +       __kernel_ulong_t loads[3];      /* 1, 5, and 15 minute load averages */
> +       __kernel_ulong_t totalram;      /* Total usable main memory size */
> +       __kernel_ulong_t freeram;       /* Available memory size */
> +       __kernel_ulong_t sharedram;     /* Amount of shared memory */
> +       __kernel_ulong_t bufferram;     /* Memory used by buffers */
> +       __kernel_ulong_t totalswap;     /* Total swap space size */
> +       __kernel_ulong_t freeswap;      /* swap space still available */
> +       __u16 procs;                    /* Number of current processes */
> +       __u16 pad;                      /* Explicit padding for m68k */

Fueling the discussion about natural vs. 4-byte alignment?

> +       __kernel_ulong_t totalhigh;     /* Total high memory size */
> +       __kernel_ulong_t freehigh;      /* Available high memory size */
> +       __u32 mem_unit;                 /* Memory unit size in bytes */
> +       char _f[20-2*sizeof(__kernel_ulong_t)-sizeof(__u32)];   /* Padding: libc5 uses this.. */
>  };

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
                                -- Linus Torvalds
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