linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Use __kernel_long

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Message-ID: <20131226155123.GE23355@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 26 Dec 2013 07:51:23 -0800
From:	"H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use __kernel_long_t in struct msgbuf

On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 07:58:50AM -0800, H.J. Lu wrote:
> X32 msgsnd/msgrcv system calls are the same as x86-64 msgsnd/msgrcv system
> calls, which use 64-bit integer for long in struct msgbuf . But x32 long
> is 32 bit.  This patch replaces long in struct msgbuf with __kernel_long_t.
> 

Here is the updated patch which uses __kernel_long_t only if
__BITS_PER_LONG == 64. 
 
H.J.

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