Re: [PATCH 04/24] 32-bit userspace ABI: introduce ARCH_32BIT_OFF_T config option

From: Yury Norov
Date: Mon Jun 25 2018 - 02:20:20 EST


On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 02:27:36PM +0300, Yury Norov wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 09:48:02AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 9:42 AM, Yury Norov <ynorov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jun 08, 2018 at 06:32:07PM +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> > >> On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 11:18:49AM +0300, Yury Norov wrote:
> > >> > diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
> > >> > index 76c0b54443b1..ee079244dc3c 100644
> > >> > --- a/arch/Kconfig
> > >> > +++ b/arch/Kconfig
> > >> > @@ -264,6 +264,21 @@ config ARCH_THREAD_STACK_ALLOCATOR
> > >> > config ARCH_WANTS_DYNAMIC_TASK_STRUCT
> > >> > bool
> > >> >
> > >> > +config ARCH_32BIT_OFF_T
> > >> > + bool
> > >> > + depends on !64BIT
> > >> > + help
> > >> > + All new 32-bit architectures should have 64-bit off_t type on
> > >> > + userspace side which corresponds to the loff_t kernel type. This
> > >> > + is the requirement for modern ABIs. Some existing architectures
> > >> > + already have 32-bit off_t. This option is enabled for all such
> > >> > + architectures explicitly. Namely: arc, arm, blackfin, cris, frv,
> > >> > + h8300, hexagon, m32r, m68k, metag, microblaze, mips32, mn10300,
> > >> > + nios2, openrisc, parisc32, powerpc32, score, sh, sparc, tile32,
> > >> > + unicore32, x86_32 and xtensa. This is the complete list. Any
> > >> > + new 32-bit architecture should declare 64-bit off_t type on user
> > >> > + side and so should not enable this option.
> > >>
> > >> Do you know if this is the case for riscv and nds32, merged in the
> > >> meantime? If not, I suggest you drop this patch altogether and just
> > >> define force_o_largefile() for arm64/ilp32 as we don't seem to stick to
> > >> "all new 32-bit architectures should have 64-bit off_t".
> > >
> > > I wrote this patch at request of Arnd Bergmann. This is actually his
> > > words that all new 32-bit architectures should have 64-bit off_t. So
> > > I was surprized when riscv was merged with 32-bit off_t (and I didn't
> > > follow nds32).
> > >
> > > If this rule is still in force, we'd better add new exceptions to this
> > > patch. Otherwise, we can drop it.
> > >
> > > Arnd, could you please comment it?
> >
> > I completely forgot about it and had assumed that it was merged long
> > ago, sorry about that.
>
> Hi Arnd,
>
> There are 3 patches like this in ILP32 series that change ABI for new
> targets. I've submitted them in separated series:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/9/25/574
>
> They all seems to be acked by you. If you ready to upstream the
> series, I can rebase it and add riscv32 and nds32 exceptions.
>
> If Palmer and riscv people will decide to follow new rules, we can
> easily drop the exception.

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