Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: More on bigger kdev_t | Date | Sat, 09 Oct 1999 16:24:02 -0700 | From | Zack Weinberg <> |
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Alan Cox wrote: > > > isn't (and has the same type checking benefits) > > > > User space is already carrying around 64-bit dev_t. Let's make the > > kernelside type match: 32 bit minor and major both. > > The kernel makes quite heavy use of kdev_t. That means carrying around > expensive to handle multi-register objects is right out
... so that would mean we should use a pointer to the structure instead of directly passing the structure.
I just don't want to see us have to transition userland twice.
zw
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