linux-kernel - Re: uhid: broken interface: 32/64-bit compatibility

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Date:	Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:40:27 +0200
From:	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@...il.com>,
	David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@...glemail.com>,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	RavindranathX Doddi <ravindranathx.doddi@...el.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
Subject: Re: uhid: broken interface: 32/64-bit compatibility

> Any comments?

Generic comments.  Could you use *_compat instead of  *_old_*?
Another idea is do not touch current interface, just append new
function and associated structure to make a smooth transition of the
userspace stuff.

What about documentation (Documentation/hid/uhid.txt)? Could you
update it acordingly?

> Subject: [PATCH] uhid: introduce new create event to fix 32/64-bit
>  compatibility issue
>
> Current create event has pointer in payload. It causes problem with
> 32/64-bit compatibility. In particular it's not possible to use 32-bit
> userspace driver with 64-bit kernel.


> This patch deprecates old create event and introduce a new one. The new
> create event has padding for pointer on 32-bit system to extend pointer
> correctly.
>
> Old userspace driver binaries will use old create event. It requires
> simple recompile to switch to new one.

That's what I afraid of. Better to try to avoid any excessive
requirement to the existing userspace.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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