Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:21:54 +0800 (WST) | From | Ian Kent <> | Subject | Re: [RFC:PATCH 4/4] autofs4 - add new packet type for v5 communications |
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On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, Ian Kent wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> wrote: > > > > > > +/* autofs v5 common packet struct */ > > > +struct autofs_v5_packet { > > > + struct autofs_packet_hdr hdr; > > > + autofs_wqt_t wait_queue_token; > > > + __u32 dev; > > > + __u64 ino; > > > + uid_t uid; > > > + gid_t gid; > > > + pid_t pid; > > > + pid_t tgid; > > > + int len; > > > + char name[NAME_MAX+1]; > > > +}; > > > > Is this known to work with 32-bit userspace on 64-bit kernels? > > > > In particular, perhaps the ?id_t's should become a type of known size and > > alignment (u32 or u64)? > > > > Yes. I take your point. > > I used this for some time on my Ultra 2, which has this type of arch, > without problem. I increased the ino field from 32 to 64 bits since that > time and haven't since tested it. > > I'm happy to change them to 64 bit if you believe it will avoid potential > problems? >
Come to think of it my sons has an AMD64 system with a 32 bit Fedora install on it. I'll test on that as well over the weekend.
Ian
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