linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/8] Use __kernel_ulong_t in x86 struct semid64

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Date:	Tue, 21 Jan 2014 17:10:54 +0000
From:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:	"H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] Use __kernel_ulong_t in x86 struct semid64_ds

On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 05:25:10PM +0000, H.J. Lu wrote:
> Both x32 and x86-64 use the same struct semid64_ds for system calls.
> But x32 long is 32-bit. This patch replaces unsigned long with
> __kernel_ulong_t in x86 struct semid64_ds.
> 
> Signed-off-by: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@...il.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/sembuf.h | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/sembuf.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/sembuf.h
> index ee50c80..cc2d6a3 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/sembuf.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/sembuf.h
> @@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
>  struct semid64_ds {
>  	struct ipc64_perm sem_perm;	/* permissions .. see ipc.h */
>  	__kernel_time_t	sem_otime;	/* last semop time */
> -	unsigned long	__unused1;
> +	__kernel_ulong_t __unused1;
>  	__kernel_time_t	sem_ctime;	/* last change time */
> -	unsigned long	__unused2;
> -	unsigned long	sem_nsems;	/* no. of semaphores in array */
> -	unsigned long	__unused3;
> -	unsigned long	__unused4;
> +	__kernel_ulong_t __unused2;
> +	__kernel_ulong_t sem_nsems;	/* no. of semaphores in array */
> +	__kernel_ulong_t __unused3;
> +	__kernel_ulong_t __unused4;
>  };

Since you are at this, could you please change the
include/uapi/asm-generic/sembuf.h structure as well?

-- 
Catalin
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