On Thu, 8 Mar 2007, Avi Kivity wrote: > Davide Libenzi wrote: > > So, to cut it short, I can do the pseudo-siginfo read(2), but I don't like > > it too much (little, actually). The siginfo, as bad as it is, is a standard > > used in many POSIX APIs (hence even in kernel), and IMO if we want to send > > that back, a struct siginfo should be. > > > > You can send the data in the 32/64 neutral format, and have glibc convert it > to a siginfo, and everybody's happy.
Except Uli :) The problem with the siginfo is that it is a brain-dead structure with unions and data dependent on types (and pointers). Pretty fugly. - Davide - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/