On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 08:39:48PM +0200, Thiemo Seufer wrote: > Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 20:39:48 +0200 > To: Ralf Baechle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Brendan O'Dea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], > Drew Scott Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED], Atsushi Nemoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Bug#200215: some debug info... gdb and strace broken on casals? > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > From: Thiemo Seufer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Ralf Baechle wrote: > [snip] > > So basically I like Thiemo's suggestion for the fix. But - the purpose > > of the three unused 32-bit fields in struct msgid64_ds is dealing with > > the year 2038 problem. So maybe we should reorder fields like: > > > > [...] > > #if defined(CONFIG_MIPS32) && !defined(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN) > > unsigned long __unused1; > > __kernel_time_t msg_stime; > > #else if defined(CONFIG_MIPS32) && defined(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN) > > __kernel_time_t msg_stime; > > unsigned long __unused1; > > #else > > __kernel_time_t msg_stime; > > #endif > > [...] > > > > ? > > This looks good for the kernel side. > > > That would eventually permit extending fields to 64-bit and take care of > > endianess issues. > > > > Comments? > > I missed the other endianness. Appended is the version needed for glibc.
Okay, I suggest you send this patch to Uli for libc and I'll prepare a patch for the kernel, will post here later. ... unless anybdy thinks this patch is going to cause breakage that should be avoided. We could be more graceful about compatibility but at least form my perspective that's not really worth the effort. Last chance to complain :-) Ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
