On Monday 22 February 2010 12:57:19 am David Miller wrote: > From: Rob Landley <r...@landley.net> > Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:25:09 -0600 > > > 085219f79cad89291699bd2bfb21c9fdabafe65f is first bad commit > > commit 085219f79cad89291699bd2bfb21c9fdabafe65f > > Author: Sam Ravnborg <s...@ravnborg.org> > > Date: Fri Jan 2 18:47:34 2009 -0800 > > > > sparc32: use proper types in struct stat > > > > Like sparc64 use proper types in struct stat > > > > Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <s...@ravnborg.org> > > Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <da...@davemloft.net> > > > > This commit breaks stat and makes sparc32 essentially unusable. It changes > > the size of the various types in stat.h, and means that if you "mount -t > > tmpfs > > /tmp /tmp" and then try to ls /tmp, ls dies with a memory allocation error. > > > > I've confirmed that reverting it fixes the problem. > > Thanks for tracking this down Rob, I'll work on a fix and > push it around.
Looking at how whole sparc32 has been apparently broken for over a year now because of a purely cleanup patch I wonder if it would be appropriate to make sparc32 into 'legacy only' and provide 'a stability promise' for it? Just an idea.. ;) -- Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
