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

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Date:	Sun, 06 May 2012 19:40:37 -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 13:51:30 -0700

> No.  The input layer exports pointers in structures on the
> read/write paths, and bitmasks encoded in ASCII strings which depend
> on sizeof(long).  The stupid... it burns...

So there has to be a hack in every userland application wherein we
teach it no only about this issue, but add special code to teach it
how to make 64-bit system call traps.

FOR EVERY CPU TYPE?

I'd rather wait for a newer less broken input API to be added, rather
than go through the pain of having to support 64-bit system calls in
32-bit apps.

Nobody on sparc has noticed this yet, and I doubt anyone is going to
care meanwhile.
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