linux-kernel - Re: ILP32 for ARM64: testing with glibc testsuite

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Date:   Thu, 17 Nov 2016 08:50:56 -0700
From:   Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:     Maxim Kuvyrkov <maxim.kuvyrkov@...aro.org>
Cc:     Yury Norov <ynorov@...iumnetworks.com>, arnd@...db.de,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
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        Andrew Pinski <pinskia@...il.com>, broonie@...nel.org,
        "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph@...esourcery.com>,
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        Prasun Kapoor <Prasun.Kapoor@...iumnetworks.com>,
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        Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@...aro.org>,
        Steve Ellcey <sellcey@...iumnetworks.com>
Subject: Re: ILP32 for ARM64: testing with glibc testsuite

On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 03:22:26PM +0400, Maxim Kuvyrkov wrote:
> Regarding ILP32 runtime, my opinion is that it is acceptable for ILP32
> to have extra failures compared to LP64, since these are not
> regressions, but, rather, failures of a new configuration.

I disagree with this. We definitely need to understand why they fail,
otherwise we run the risk of potential glibc or kernel implementation
bugs becoming ABI.

-- 
Catalin