On 05/08/2013 09:08 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Thursday 09 May 2013 00:04:03 H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> On 05/08/2013 09:00 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>> When including these headers in the x32 ABI, the structs get
>>> declared with 32bit sizes which is incorrect. Use long long
>>> and such to make it work both with x32 and x86_64.
>>
>> I'm not sure if it is okay to change the types, even within the
>> same size. Perhaps use __u64/__s64?
>
> sorry, i don't follow. changing types isn't ok (unsigned long to
> unsigned long long), but changing to __u64 is ok (unsigned long to
> __u64 which is typedefed to unsigned long long) ?
>
> i don't have a problem using __u64/__s64, i just don't understand
> your logic.
>
In userspace, __u64 is often defined as "unsigned long" on 64 bits.
-hpa
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