On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 06:38:40PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > > 64-bit kernels can run 32-bit userspace programs. But some structures > come out _differently_ between 32-bit and 64-bit compilation, so the > system call needs a special 'compat' handler instead of just running the > normal 64-bit system call. > > The 'struct timespec' is one structure which is sometimes different for > 32-bit vs. 64-bit, so any system call taking a 'struct timespec' must > have a separate compat_sys_xxxx() to handle that. See something like > compat_sys_clock_settime() in kernel/compat.c for an example (but don't > use set_fs() like it does; just see how it handles the compat_timespec).
Did you mean something like this? diff --git a/drivers/pps/pps.c b/drivers/pps/pps.c index befe292..3e401e5 100644 --- a/drivers/pps/pps.c +++ b/drivers/pps/pps.c @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ #include <linux/init.h> #include <linux/linkage.h> #include <linux/sched.h> +#include <linux/compat.h> #include <linux/pps.h> #include <asm/uaccess.h> @@ -284,9 +285,15 @@ sys_time_pps_getcap_exit: return ret; } +#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT asmlinkage long sys_time_pps_fetch(int source, const int tsformat, - struct pps_info __user *info, - const struct timespec __user *timeout) + struct pps_info __user *info, + const struct compat_timespec __user *timeout) +#else +asmlinkage long sys_time_pps_fetch(int source, const int tsformat, + struct pps_info __user *info, + const struct timespec __user *timeout) +#endif { unsigned long ticks; struct pps_info pi; @@ -318,7 +325,11 @@ asmlinkage long sys_time_pps_fetch(int source, const int ts /* Manage the timeout */ if (timeout) { +#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT + ret = get_compat_timespec(&to, timeout); +#else ret = copy_from_user(&to, timeout, sizeof(struct timespec)); +#endif if (ret) goto sys_time_pps_fetch_exit; if (to.tv_sec != -1) { Ciao, Rodolfo -- GNU/Linux Solutions e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Device Driver [EMAIL PROTECTED] Embedded Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] UNIX programming phone: +39 349 2432127 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/