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From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>,
	microblaze-uclinux@itee.uq.edu.au,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Remis Lima Baima <remis.developer@googlemail.com>
Subject: Re: [patch] ipc: unbreak 32-bit shmctl/semctl/msgctl
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:01:30 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090621190130.GA4811@cmpxchg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200906200820.56707.arnd@arndb.de>

On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 08:20:56AM +0000, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Saturday 20 June 2009 01:09:39 am Johannes Weiner wrote:
> > 31a985f "ipc: use __ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION in ipc/util.h" would
> > choose the implementation of ipc_parse_version() based on a symbol
> > defined in <asm/unistd.h>.
> > 
> > But it failed to also include this header and thus broke
> > IPC_64-passing 32-bit userspace because the flag wasn't masked out
> > properly anymore and the command not understood.
> > 
> > Include <linux/unistd.h> to give the architecture a chance to ask for
> > the no-no-op ipc_parse_version().
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
> 
> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> 
> Obviously fixes the bug I introduced, sorry for the trouble and thanks
> for fixing it!

Linus, could you apply this patch?

OTOH, breaking mplayer on x86_32 is probably the way to push 64-bit as
the driving factor in adoption of new technology seems to be porn.

	Hannes

---
From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:23:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ipc: unbreak 32-bit shmctl/semctl/msgctl

31a985f "ipc: use __ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION in ipc/util.h" would
choose the implementation of ipc_parse_version() based on a symbol
defined in <asm/unistd.h>.

But it failed to also include this header and thus broke
IPC_64-passing 32-bit userspace because the flag wasn't masked out
properly anymore and the command not understood.

Include <linux/unistd.h> to give the architecture a chance to ask for
the no-no-op ipc_parse_version().

Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
---
 ipc/util.h |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ipc/util.h b/ipc/util.h
index ab3ebf2..764b51a 100644
--- a/ipc/util.h
+++ b/ipc/util.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #ifndef _IPC_UTIL_H
 #define _IPC_UTIL_H
 
+#include <linux/unistd.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 
 #define SEQ_MULTIPLIER	(IPCMNI)
-- 
1.6.3.2


      reply	other threads:[~2009-06-21 19:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-06-18 17:55 [PATCH 00/11] microblaze: use generic headers Arnd Bergmann
2009-06-18 17:55 ` [PATCH 01/11] ipc: use __ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION in ipc/util.h Arnd Bergmann
2009-06-18 17:55   ` [PATCH 02/11] microblaze: remove init_mm Arnd Bergmann
2009-06-18 17:55   ` [PATCH 03/11] microblaze: fall back on generic header files for the ABI Arnd Bergmann
2009-07-01 11:34     ` [microblaze-uclinux] " Michal Simek
2009-07-01 11:42       ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-07-01 12:09         ` Michal Simek
2009-07-01 13:41           ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-07-01 22:52       ` John Williams
2009-07-02  9:36         ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-07-03  5:55           ` Michal Simek
2009-07-03 17:16             ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-06-18 17:55   ` [PATCH 04/11] microblaze: use generic unistd.h syscall list Arnd Bergmann
2009-06-18 17:55   ` [PATCH 05/11] microblaze: clean up signal handling Arnd Bergmann
2009-06-18 17:55   ` [PATCH 06/11] microblaze: use generic syscalls.h Arnd Bergmann
2009-06-18 17:55   ` [PATCH 07/11] microblaze: make syscall_table implementation generic Arnd Bergmann
2009-06-18 17:55   ` [PATCH 08/11] microblaze: use the generic lib/checksum.c Arnd Bergmann
2009-07-01 11:35     ` [microblaze-uclinux] " Michal Simek
2009-06-18 17:55   ` [PATCH 09/11] microblaze: convert all simple headers to use asm-generic Arnd Bergmann
2009-07-01 11:35     ` [microblaze-uclinux] " Michal Simek
2009-06-18 17:55   ` [PATCH 10/11] microblaze: use generic system.h Arnd Bergmann
2009-07-01 11:19     ` [microblaze-uclinux] " Michal Simek
2009-07-01 11:39       ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-07-01 11:51         ` Michal Simek
2009-06-18 17:55   ` [PATCH 11/11] microblaze: remove sys_ipc Arnd Bergmann
2009-06-18 22:31   ` [PATCH 01/11] ipc: use __ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION in ipc/util.h Arnd Bergmann
2009-06-20  1:09     ` [patch] ipc: unbreak 32-bit shmctl/semctl/msgctl Johannes Weiner
2009-06-20  8:20       ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-06-21 19:01         ` Johannes Weiner [this message]

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