Re: siginfo_t fracturing, especially for 64/32-bit compatibilitymode

[Linus Torvalds]

On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Joe Korty wrote:
>
> Indeed we do, and that is the problem.  32 bit apps by definition use
> the 32 bit version of siginfo_t and the first act the kernel has to do
> on receiving one of these is convert it to 64 bit for consumption by
> the rest of the kernel.  In order to do that, the kernel must know what
> fields in siginfo_t the user has set.

Ahh, a light goes on. Yeah, that's broken. Argh.

		Linus
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