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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] perf: Handle compat ioctl
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On Tue, 2014-06-17 at 13:43 +0100, Pawel Moll wrote:
> When running a 32-bit userspace on a 64-bit kernel (eg. i386
> application on x86_64 kernel or 32-bit arm userspace on arm64
> kernel) some of the perf ioctls must be treated with special
> care, as they have a pointer size encoded in the command.
>
> For example, PERF_EVENT_IOC_ID in 32-bit world will be encoded
> as 0x80042407, but 64-bit kernel will expect 0x80082407. In
> result the ioctl will fail returning -ENOTTY.
>
> This patch solves the problem by adding code fixing up the
> size as compat_ioctl file operation.
>
> Reported-by: Drew Richardson <drew.richardson@arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@arm.com>

This just is a polite and friendly nag...

Any, strong or not, opinions on the matter?

Cheers!

Pawel



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