Re: [PATCH 04/24] 32-bit userspace ABI: introduce ARCH_32BIT_OFF_T config option

From: Yury Norov
Date: Mon Jun 11 2018 - 07:28:15 EST


On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 09:48:02AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 9:42 AM, Yury Norov <ynorov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 08, 2018 at 06:32:07PM +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> >> On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 11:18:49AM +0300, Yury Norov wrote:
> >> > diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
> >> > index 76c0b54443b1..ee079244dc3c 100644
> >> > --- a/arch/Kconfig
> >> > +++ b/arch/Kconfig
> >> > @@ -264,6 +264,21 @@ config ARCH_THREAD_STACK_ALLOCATOR
> >> > config ARCH_WANTS_DYNAMIC_TASK_STRUCT
> >> > bool
> >> >
> >> > +config ARCH_32BIT_OFF_T
> >> > + bool
> >> > + depends on !64BIT
> >> > + help
> >> > + All new 32-bit architectures should have 64-bit off_t type on
> >> > + userspace side which corresponds to the loff_t kernel type. This
> >> > + is the requirement for modern ABIs. Some existing architectures
> >> > + already have 32-bit off_t. This option is enabled for all such
> >> > + architectures explicitly. Namely: arc, arm, blackfin, cris, frv,
> >> > + h8300, hexagon, m32r, m68k, metag, microblaze, mips32, mn10300,
> >> > + nios2, openrisc, parisc32, powerpc32, score, sh, sparc, tile32,
> >> > + unicore32, x86_32 and xtensa. This is the complete list. Any
> >> > + new 32-bit architecture should declare 64-bit off_t type on user
> >> > + side and so should not enable this option.
> >>
> >> Do you know if this is the case for riscv and nds32, merged in the
> >> meantime? If not, I suggest you drop this patch altogether and just
> >> define force_o_largefile() for arm64/ilp32 as we don't seem to stick to
> >> "all new 32-bit architectures should have 64-bit off_t".
> >
> > I wrote this patch at request of Arnd Bergmann. This is actually his
> > words that all new 32-bit architectures should have 64-bit off_t. So
> > I was surprized when riscv was merged with 32-bit off_t (and I didn't
> > follow nds32).
> >
> > If this rule is still in force, we'd better add new exceptions to this
> > patch. Otherwise, we can drop it.
> >
> > Arnd, could you please comment it?
>
> I completely forgot about it and had assumed that it was merged long
> ago, sorry about that.

Hi Arnd,

There are 3 patches like this in ILP32 series that change ABI for new
targets. I've submitted them in separated series:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/9/25/574

They all seems to be acked by you. If you ready to upstream the
series, I can rebase it and add riscv32 and nds32 exceptions.

If Palmer and riscv people will decide to follow new rules, we can
easily drop the exception.

Yury