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SubjectRe: [PATCH] 32-bit UID support for 2.3.36
On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Chris Wing wrote:

> linux-ipc.patch
>
> Support for 32-bit UIDs in SysVipc: message queues,
> semaphores, and shared memory.
> Also fixes the ABI breakage on Alpha.

Your fix is not necessary. In 2.3.36 alpha uses a particular shmctl
syscall. If somebody need more than 32bit for specifying the size he
should simply use the new syscall (that recalls the raw ipc/shm.c code).
So you don't need to touch this issue anymore in your patches. Left it a
size_t.

Andrea


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