From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270933AbTGVQvs (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jul 2003 12:51:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270939AbTGVQvs (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jul 2003 12:51:48 -0400 Received: from astra.telenet-ops.be ([195.130.132.58]:61906 "EHLO astra.telenet-ops.be") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270933AbTGVQvE (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jul 2003 12:51:04 -0400 Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 19:06:06 +0200 From: Kurt Roeckx To: Stephen Rothwell Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: siginfo pad problem. Message-ID: <20030722170606.GA14680@ping.be> References: <20030721142259.GA4315@ping.be> <20030722022424.7480af8e.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> <20030721180032.GA26786@ping.be> <20030722095105.5ed2379a.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030722095105.5ed2379a.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 09:51:05AM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > Hi Kurt, > > On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 20:00:32 +0200 Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > > > linux/types.h has: > > #ifdef __KERNEL__ > > typedef __kernel_uid32_t uid_t; > > #else > > typedef __kernel_uid_t uid_t; > > #endif /* __KERNEL__ */ > > > > And __kernel_uid_t is an "unsigned short" > > Anywhere this should be used (i.e. only in the kernel), uid_t will be > __kernel_uid32_t. The change to this part of the siginfo_t structure has > not yet propogated to the glibc headers and when it does, it is up to the > glibc maintainers to make sure it matches what is used inside the kernel. I'm still using libc5, and plan to do so for as long as I can. Kurt