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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/5] FS: Export poll_select_copy_remaining and rename poll_select_copy_remaining in compat.c so it does not pick the wrong copy.
On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 10:32:57PM +0100, Andrew Pinski wrote:
> The ILP32 ABI in ARM64 uses a slightly different pselect from either
> the compat or even the native LP64 ABI. We would want to reuse some
> of the code path that are used as the size of the timespec is the
> same, so this patch exports poll_select_copy_remaining from
> fs/select.c and renames the copy in fs/compat.c to make sure that it
> is not being used.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Pinski <apinski@cavium.com>

I think this patch has to wait until we review the ILP32 ABI for arm64.
When I looked at this some time ago I thought we can just use the native
arm64 pselect6 and ppoll. Once we agree that's not possible we can push
this patch. On its own it doesn't have much value.

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