Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Jan 2000 12:53:17 +0100 (CET) | From | Andrea Arcangeli <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 32-bit UID support for 2.3.36 |
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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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