subject:"\[PATCH v2\] signals, pkeys\: make si_pkey 32 bits"

Re: [PATCH v2] signals, pkeys: make si_pkey 32 bits

2016-02-28 Thread Ingo Molnar

* Stephen Rothwell wrote: > In order to prevent a change of alignment of the _sifields union in the > siginfo structure on (some) 32 bit platforms and an ABI breakage, we > change the type of _pkey to unsigned int. If more bits are needed in > the future, a second unsigned int could be added. >

[PATCH v2] signals, pkeys: make si_pkey 32 bits

2016-02-27 Thread Stephen Rothwell

In order to prevent a change of alignment of the _sifields union in the siginfo structure on (some) 32 bit platforms and an ABI breakage, we change the type of _pkey to unsigned int. If more bits are needed in the future, a second unsigned int could be added. Fixes: cd0ea35ff551 ("signals, pkeys: