Re: 64-bit shm: abi problems

Richard Henderson (rth@cygnus.com)
Tue, 14 Dec 1999 15:29:23 -0800


On Tue, Dec 14, 1999 at 02:52:09PM -0800, Kanoj Sarcar wrote:
> - .quad sys_shmctl /* 210 */
> + .quad sys_shmctlold /* 210 */
> .quad sys_shmdt
> .quad sys_shmget
> .quad alpha_ni_syscall
> @@ -1149,3 +1149,4 @@
> .quad sys_sendfile /* 370 */
> .quad sys_setresgid
> .quad sys_getresgid
> + .quad sys_shmctl

Why in the world is a new shmctl syscall being added?

Yes I see someone thought it would be a keen idea to
change shm_segsz to size_t from int. Why? I'm quite
happy with a 2G limit; you should have been using mmap
well before that anyway.

r~

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