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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86, pkeys: fix siginfo ABI breakage from new field
Hi,

On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 09:44:00 -0800 "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
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> __u64 is okay, "unsigned long" is really messy in the presence of 32-on-64 bit ABIs...

Yeah, but unfortunately, any 64 bit scalar type here will change the
alignment of the enclosing unions on (some) 32 bit platforms and thus
break the ABI.

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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