linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] compat: fs: Generic compat_sys

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Date:	Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:06:59 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	catalin.marinas@....com
Cc:	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	arnd@...db.de, benh@...nel.crashing.org, paulus@...ba.org,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] compat: fs: Generic compat_sys_sendfile implementation

From: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:02:06 +0100

> This function is used by sparc, powerpc and arm64 for compat support.
> The patch adds a generic implementation which calls do_sendfile()
> directly and avoids set_fs().
> 
> The sparc architecture has wrappers for the sign extensions while
> powerpc relies on the compiler to do the this. The patch adds a wrapper
> for powerpc to handle the u32->int type conversion.
> 
> compat_sys_sendfile64() can be replaced by a sys_sendfile() call since
> compat_loff_t has the same size as off_t on a 64-bit system. On powerpc,
> similar wrapper needs to be added for the u32->int conversion.
> 
> The reason for a single patch covering both powerpc and sparc is to keep
> it bisectable (and simple), otherwise kernel building may fail with
> mismatched function declarations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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