Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:34:24 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] prctl: return MCE process flags through pointer |
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On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:14:51 +0100 Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote:
> "Smith, GeoffX" <geoffx.smith@intel.com> writes: > > > This patch fixes the semantics of prctl() option PR_MCE_KILL_GET > > to pass the return value through *arg2. > > > > With this change, the option now follows the same conventions as the > > other "get" options added since 2.6.0, and also brings it into > > conformance with the advice in chapter 16 of Documentation/CodingStyle. > > > > This prctl() option was only added within the last month, so there are > > not any production applications to break. This patch applies cleanly > > to mainline and to 2.6.32.2 for backporting. > > It breaks the test suite, the man pages, qemu and one slide deck at least. >
Should've got it right the first time.
What goes wrong with qemu?
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