[PATCH] 2.4: PPC64: 32 bit sys_recvmsg corruption

Martin Schwidefsky schwidefsky at de.ibm.com
Wed Feb 16 21:19:02 EST 2005


Andi Kleen <ak at suse.de> wrote on 16.02.2005 10:58:19:
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 02:06:28PM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 01:28:41 +0100 Andi Kleen <ak at suse.de> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Did you check if other 32bit emulations don't have the same problem?
> >
> > No, becasue I am a lazy bastard! :-)
> >
> > OK, everyone has this bug (I now checked).  Sparc64 does some checking,
> > but not enough.
>
> Please fix it at least for x86-64 too. And I guess the other arch
> maintainers won't mind if you cover theirs too.

I certainly won't complain ;-)

blue skies,
   Martin

Martin Schwidefsky
Linux for zSeries Development & Services
IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH





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