Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:29:44 -0700 | From | Boaz Harrosh <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] SUNRPC: Prevent kernel stack corruption on long values of flush |
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On 07/18/2012 01:55 PM, Jim Rees wrote: > Dave Jones wrote: > > > Unsigned long isn't necessarily 32 bits. > On 64-bit systems %lu can be up to 18446744073709551615 > > Thanks. You caught me thinking "Intel." How embarrassing.
What? why even on Intel-64 long is 64bit. long is always the same or bigger then a pointer (A pointer must always fit in a long)
On the other hand int is 32bit in Intel-64 unlike some other CPUs where int(s) may get to be 64bit as well.
Cheers Boaz
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