One common problem with 32 bit system call and ioctl emulation
is the different alignment rules between i386 and 64 bit machines.
A number of drivers work around this by marking the compat
structures as 'attribute((packed))', which is not the right
solution because it breaks all the non-x86 architectures that
want to use the same compat code.
Hopefully, this patch improves the situation, it introduces two
new types, compat_u64 and compat_s64. These are defined on all
architectures to have the same size and alignment as the 32 bit
version of u64 and s64.
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
See the discussions about 'Re: drm: fix radeon setparam on
32/64 bit systems.' and 'diskquota: 32bit quota tools on
64bit architectures' about where this comes from.
Index: linux-2.6/include/asm-ia64/compat.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/asm-ia64/compat.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/asm-ia64/compat.h
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ typedef s32 compat_timer_t;
typedef s32 compat_int_t;
typedef s32 compat_long_t;
+typedef s64 __attribute__((aligned(4))) compat_s64;
typedef u32 compat_uint_t;
typedef u32 compat_ulong_t;
+typedef u64 __attribute__((aligned(4))) compat_u64;
struct compat_timespec {
compat_time_t tv_sec;
Index: linux-2.6/include/asm-mips/compat.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/asm-mips/compat.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/asm-mips/compat.h
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ typedef s32 compat_key_t;
typedef s32 compat_int_t;
typedef s32 compat_long_t;
+typedef s64 compat_s64;
typedef u32 compat_uint_t;
typedef u32 compat_ulong_t;
+typedef u64 compat_u64;
struct compat_timespec {
compat_time_t tv_sec;
Index: linux-2.6/include/asm-parisc/compat.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/asm-parisc/compat.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/asm-parisc/compat.h
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ typedef s32 compat_timer_t;
typedef s32 compat_int_t;
typedef s32 compat_long_t;
+typedef s64 compat_s64;
typedef u32 compat_uint_t;
typedef u32 compat_ulong_t;
+typedef u64 compat_u64;
struct compat_timespec {
compat_time_t tv_sec;
Index: linux-2.6/include/asm-powerpc/compat.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/asm-powerpc/compat.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/asm-powerpc/compat.h
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ typedef s32 compat_timer_t;
typedef s32 compat_int_t;
typedef s32 compat_long_t;
+typedef s64 compat_s64;
typedef u32 compat_uint_t;
typedef u32 compat_ulong_t;
+typedef u64 compat_u64;
struct compat_timespec {
compat_time_t tv_sec;
Index: linux-2.6/include/asm-s390/compat.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/asm-s390/compat.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/asm-s390/compat.h
@@ -60,8 +60,10 @@ typedef s32 compat_timer_t;
typedef s32 compat_int_t;
typedef s32 compat_long_t;
+typedef s64 compat_s64;
typedef u32 compat_uint_t;
typedef u32 compat_ulong_t;
+typedef u64 compat_u64;
struct compat_timespec {
compat_time_t tv_sec;
Index: linux-2.6/include/asm-sparc64/compat.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/asm-sparc64/compat.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/asm-sparc64/compat.h
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ typedef s32 compat_timer_t;
typedef s32 compat_int_t;
typedef s32 compat_long_t;
+typedef s64 compat_s64;
typedef u32 compat_uint_t;
typedef u32 compat_ulong_t;
+typedef u64 compat_u64;
struct compat_timespec {
compat_time_t tv_sec;
Index: linux-2.6/include/asm-x86_64/compat.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/asm-x86_64/compat.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/asm-x86_64/compat.h
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ typedef s32 compat_key_t;
typedef s32 compat_int_t;
typedef s32 compat_long_t;
+typedef s64 __attribute__((aligned(4))) compat_s64;
typedef u32 compat_uint_t;
typedef u32 compat_ulong_t;
+typedef u64 __attribute__((aligned(4))) compat_u64;
struct compat_timespec {
compat_time_t tv_sec;
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