Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] fix BSD accounting (w/ long-term perspective ;-)
From: Albert Cahalan <albert@users.sf.net>
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       tim@physik3.uni-rostock.de
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> store a version number in the last byte of struct acct, which allows
> for a smooth transition to a new binary format when 2.7 comes out.
> For 2.7, extend uid/gid fields to 32 bit, report times in terms
> of AHZ=100 on all platforms (thus allowing to report times up to 1988 
> days), and remove the compatibility stuff from the kernel.

This is no good. The struct size varies. It is 64 bytes on
most architectures. It is likely to be larger on hppa, and
smaller on m68k or arm.

The second byte is available, as padding on every arch.
Use that instead.


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