Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 2 Jan 2004 12:47:41 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: siginfo_t fracturing, especially for 64/32-bit compatibility mode |
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On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Joe Korty wrote: > > Indeed we do, and that is the problem. 32 bit apps by definition use > the 32 bit version of siginfo_t and the first act the kernel has to do > on receiving one of these is convert it to 64 bit for consumption by > the rest of the kernel. In order to do that, the kernel must know what > fields in siginfo_t the user has set.
Ahh, a light goes on. Yeah, that's broken. Argh.
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