linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 02/22] compat: provide compat

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Date:   Tue, 07 Jan 2020 00:19:53 -0800
From:   "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 02/22] compat: provide compat_ptr() on all architectures

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From: hpa@...or.com
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On January 7, 2020 12:08:31 AM PST, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
>On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 3:05 AM Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
>wrote:
>> Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> writes:
>> > +
>> > +static inline compat_uptr_t ptr_to_compat(void __user *uptr)
>> > +{
>> > +     return (u32)(unsigned long)uptr;
>> > +}
>>
>> Is there a reason we cast to u32 directly instead of using
>compat_uptr_t?
>
>Probably Al found this to be more explicit at the time when he
>introduced
>it on all the architectures in 2005. I just moved it here and kept the
>definition.
>
>       Arnd

Did compat_uptr_t exist back then?
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