linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] broken TASK_SIZE for ia32

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Message-Id: <20120506.163243.1653904376439925642.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 06 May 2012 16:32:43 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	hpa@...or.com
Cc:	viro@...IV.linux.org.uk, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ralf@...ux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] broken TASK_SIZE for ia32_aout

From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Date: Sun, 06 May 2012 11:48:15 -0700

> I would argue Sparc is not correct here but I am not a Sparc expert.

I can easily make sparc take on the x86 behavior if things like the
input layer really need it.

However, isn't the input layer case a case where compat==native
on anything other than x86 because it's a u64 alignment issue?
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