On Sat, 2007-02-17 at 22:27 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Saturday 17 February 2007 17:54, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> > +struct ubi_mkvol_req {
> > + int32_t vol_id;
> > + int32_t alignment;
> > + int64_t bytes;
> > + int8_t vol_type;
> > + int8_t padding[9];
> > + int16_t name_len;
> > + __user const char *name;
> > +} __attribute__ ((packed));
>
> This structure is not suitable for an ioctl call, because it has
> incompatible layout between 32 and 64 bit processes. The easiest
> fix for this would be to change the 'name' field to an array
> instead of a pointer.
Will be fixed thanks. Just out of curiosity, could you please provide an
example when this may be a problem.
Artem.
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Best regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)
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