>-----Original Message----- >From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 10:26 AM >To: Sadashiiv, Halesh >Cc: Josh Boyer; linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org >Subject: RE: Regarding select() on PPC > >On Tue, 2008-09-23 at 10:20 +0530, Sadashiiv, Halesh wrote: >> Hi, >> >> The below testcase requires to exit with setting errno as EINVAL, as per >> the man page. >> >> I tested this on ARM, I686, PPC64 it was fine, for the same on PPC32 it >> used exit with errno set as EFAULT. >> >> On further investigation found there was some long obsolete code in >> arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c (function ppc_select()), which was >> written in 2.2.0 kernel for PPC32 specific , which resulted in EFAULT. >> >> This needs to be verified, I have proposed patch for PPC32, Please check >> the link >> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/735922 >> > >I'm trying to sort out how obsolete it actually is and see if we can >remove the whole thing. >
Ok...once you verified please let me know. >Your patch should be submitted to the linuxppc-dev mailing list btw. > Will do that. >Ben. > > Thanks, Halesh ------------------------------------------------------------------- This email is confidential and intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above and may contain information that is privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by return email or telephone and destroy the original message. - This mail is sent via Sony Asia Pacific Mail Gateway. ------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded
