Re: sys_mmap2 on different architectures

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Ralf Baechle wrote:

A variable which happens to be fixed to 12 in practice.  As explained by
Ben the API is only relevant to 32-bit kernels and afaik PAGE_SHIFT
other than 12 has only been successfully been tested on 64-bit kernels.


No, that's not correct. This API is relevant to 32-bit *USERSPACE*. If you support 32-bit userspace on a 64-bit kernel, it applies to 64-bit kernels, too.

	-hpa
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