Re: [PATCH 1/4] Make vsyscall_gtod_data handling x86 generic

From: Stefani Seibold
Date: Thu Jan 30 2014 - 15:18:39 EST


Am Donnerstag, den 30.01.2014, 11:51 -0800 schrieb Andy Lutomirski:
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Stefani Seibold <stefani@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Am Donnerstag, den 30.01.2014, 10:05 -0800 schrieb Andy Lutomirski:
> >> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 2:49 AM, <stefani@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h
> >> > index 59c6c40..45ba688 100644
> >> > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h
> >> > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h
> >> > @@ -295,6 +295,10 @@ static inline compat_uptr_t ptr_to_compat(void __user *uptr)
> >> >
> >> > static inline void __user *arch_compat_alloc_user_space(long len)
> >> > {
> >> > +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
> >> > + struct pt_regs *regs = task_pt_regs(current);
> >> > + return (void __user *)regs->sp - len;
> >>
> >> Is there some reason this doesn't need to be aligned?
> >>
> >
> > The reason is that this function will not used for 32 bit kernels, but
> > will the header will be included... This prevents an error!
>
> Then why not just guard the whole function with an ifdef? Having a
> piece of actual code that's not intended to be used (and might not
> work) seems like a bad idea.
>

Good point. I will do this in the next version.


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