Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 64-bit shm: abi problems | From | Christoph Rohland <> | Date | 13 Dec 1999 20:02:07 +0100 |
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"David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com> writes:
> From: kanoj@google.engr.sgi.com (Kanoj Sarcar) > Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 10:32:51 -0800 (PST) > > "shm_segsz" might be flipped, yes. > > This is what I was referring to. > > The change being mentioned in this discussion cannot happen as-is. > > You should add a new system call entry which provides the new ABI, > and preserve the old ABI in the existing entry. Or find some other > method to export the new functionality. > > You cannot simply change the ABI and still use the old system call > entry, this is not an option.
On many platforms you probably do not need a new syscall. They use the sys_ipc demultiplexer and you can simply add a new sys_ipc command.
Greetings Christoph
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