Re: [PATCH] 32-bit UID support for 2.3.30pre6 (important update)

Chris Wing (wingc@engin.umich.edu)
Sun, 5 Dec 1999 15:34:26 -0500 (EST)


Richard:

> > /* libc5 pulls its definition of uid_t out of this file, so it can never
> > change when included by non-kernel code */
> > #ifdef __KERNEL__
> > typedef __kernel_uid32_t uid_t;
> > typedef __kernel_gid32_t gid_t;
> > #else
> > typedef __kernel_uid_t uid_t;
> > typedef __kernel_gid_t gid_t;
> > #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
>
> OK, but, IIRC, your patch also went and changed __kernel_{u|g}id_t.
> So you'd need something similar in the asm headers.

I fixed that in my most recent patch version (announced on linux-kernel
yesterday). This was after realizing that __kernel_uid_t and
__kernel_gid_t are used by glibc, not for ordinary compiles, but during
the build process of the C library itself.

Thanks,
Chris Wing
wingc@engin.umich.edu

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