Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:27:39 +0000 | From | Al Viro <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Consolidate compat_sys_waitid |
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On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 08:23:41PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > > The reason it isn't in Linus' tree yet is that it depends on the > > is_compat_task() predicate which Andi vetoed out of Andrew's tree. > > As a result, I haven't been able to merge any of the compat stuff > > sitting in the PA tree. A few more voices in favour of reintroducing > > is_compat_task() would help. > > Just change PA-RISC to not need is_compat_task? It's not that > difficult really, you just have to split the parts that need > to know about this into separate functions and files.
Seconded. Come on, folks, you *know* that is_compat_task() is an invitation for massive fuckups by driver-writers... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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