Re: [RFC] pps: fixing CONFIG_COMPAT issues

From: Rodolfo Giometti
Date: Fri Dec 23 2016 - 10:41:14 EST


On 12/22/16 21:39, Matt Ranostay wrote:

What would be the best way to fix the padding issue without breaking
userspace applications? Just fixing the alignment with explicit
padding is of course the clean easy way, but bashing the data in
compat_ioctl would avoid breakage.

Hi Matt,

I've no experience in this topic... I'm sorry! :(

Maybe is better waiting for David's advices? In the meantime I'm going to study the problem a bit better.

Ciao,

Rodolfo

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