Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:50:14 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL] Introduce the X32 binary format on x86, for v3.4 |
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On 03/19/2012 10:50 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote: > Linus, > > Please pull the latest x86-x32-for-linus git tree from: > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git x86-x32-for-linus > > HEAD: 31796ac4e8f0e88f5c10f1ad6dab8f19bebe44a4 x32: Fix alignment fail in struct compat_siginfo > > This tree introduces the X32 binary format and execution mode > for x86: 32-bit data space binaries using 64-bit instructions > and 64-bit kernel syscalls. > > This allows applications whose working set fits into a 32 bits > address space to make use of 64-bit instructions while using a > 32-bit address space with shorter pointers, more compressed data > structures, etc. >
Hi Linus,
Any problem either with this tree and/or the pull request? The posix_types.h revamp ended up being part of this request (because x32 depends on it) but is technically standalone.
-hpa
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