Re: siginfo & 32 bits compat, what is the story ?

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

> I believe the x86_64 method is correct.
> 
> It might be worth moving this compatibility code to a
> common place where all architectures could reference it.

Hrm... I just heard the opposite: that is, the x86_64 code allows
some cruft to communicate between 32 and 64 bits, but breaks anything
that uses more than those 3 copied fields, even between 2 32 bits
applications.

I'm lost, I don't know in which way to fix ppc64 at this point...

Ben.


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