>-----Original Message-----
>From: David S. Miller [mailto:[email protected]]
>Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 21:47
>To: [email protected]
>Cc: [email protected]; [email protected];
>[email protected]; Zach, Yoav
>Subject: Re: [PATCH]: Don't force O_LARGEFILE for 32 bit
>processes on ia64 - 2.6.12-rc3
>
>
>I really think these "emulators" should execute the compat
>syscalls and not the native 64-bit ones. That is where
>all of these problems come from.
>
Compat syscalls are not accessible to userland. Changing that
will be a major change, with impacts on security and all. I'm
not sure it worth the effort.
>And yes, as Anton stated, you need to audit every platform's
>compat layer to make sure this PER_LINUX32 thing doesn't break
>anything for them.
>
The patch has no impact at all on any arch other than ia64.
Thanks,
Yoav.
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