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Message-ID: <4F74A2C9.1000009@zytor.com>
Date:	Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:58:33 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...gle.com>
CC:	"Ted Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Correct way to include siginfo.h?

On 03/27/2012 11:01 AM, Kees Cook wrote:
> 
> No, siginfo, IIUC, is defined to be SI_MAX_SIZE bytes. The union for
> seccomp (on SIGSYS) just uses a long and 2 ints. It'd be nice for
> there to be a stable way to get the kernel's siginfo instead of
> glibc's.
> 

Make it safe for the kernel to export and make glibc use the kernel's
version, just like everything else...

	-hpa

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