> As you mention sys_shmget, I'm currently trying to find out why the > second argument of sys_ipc for ppc64, s390-64 and sparc64 has been > changed from "long" to "int". This limits the maximum size of a shared > memory segment to 2GB for the three archs. A cast to unsigned would > allow 4GB, still not enough for a 64 bit architecture in the long run. > Before I submit a patch to replace "int" with "long" again I'd like > to understand the reason for the change.
I don't know. Look up the Cset at linux.bkbits.net and if it's not clear from the description ask the submitter? -Andi
