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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Serban Constantinescu <serban.constantinescu@arm.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@android.com,
	arve@android.com, john.stultz@linaro.org, Dave.Butcher@arm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging: android: ashmem: fix ashmem pin/unpin interface
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 17:18:36 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130201161836.GA29021@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1359734881-15093-2-git-send-email-serban.constantinescu@arm.com>

On Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 04:08:00PM +0000, Serban Constantinescu wrote:
> The values exchanged between kernel and userspace through struct
> ashmem_pin should be of type size_t. This change won't affect the
> existing interface but will stand as the basis of 64bit compat layer.

How do you define size_t with a 64bit kernel and a 32bit userspace
properly?  Doesn't this change open up a bunch of problems?

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2013-02-01 16:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-02-01 16:07 [PATCH 0/2] staging: android: ashmem: add 32bit compat support Serban Constantinescu
2013-02-01 16:08 ` [PATCH 1/2] staging: android: ashmem: fix ashmem pin/unpin interface Serban Constantinescu
2013-02-01 16:18   ` Greg KH [this message]
2013-02-01 16:55     ` Serban Constantinescu
2013-02-04  1:41       ` Greg KH
2013-02-04 10:54         ` Serban Constantinescu
2013-02-01 16:08 ` [PATCH 2/2] staging: android: ashmem: Add support for 32bit ashmem calls in a 64bit kernel Serban Constantinescu

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