Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752373AbYAHKRW (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jan 2008 05:17:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750857AbYAHKRN (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jan 2008 05:17:13 -0500 Received: from mga02.intel.com ([134.134.136.20]:54843 "EHLO mga02.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750837AbYAHKRL convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jan 2008 05:17:11 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.24,257,1196668800"; d="scan'208";a="251011655" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: RE: [patch 1/2] x86, ptrace: add version and last remaining sizeto status command Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 10:17:05 -0000 Message-ID: <029E5BE7F699594398CA44E3DDF55444012EB6BB@swsmsx413.ger.corp.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <20080108095030.GI27671@elte.hu> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [patch 1/2] x86, ptrace: add version and last remaining sizeto status command thread-index: AchR3E+a0UYp23/WT0a1SzWu1+gPJwAAD33w References: <20080107133346.A11643@sedona.ch.intel.com> <20080108095030.GI27671@elte.hu> From: "Metzger, Markus T" To: "Ingo Molnar" Cc: , , , , , "Siddha, Suresh B" , , , , "Ulrich Drepper" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Jan 2008 10:17:06.0003 (UTC) FILETIME=[9E92B230:01C851DF] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1486 Lines: 44 >-----Original Message----- >From: Ingo Molnar [mailto:mingo@elte.hu] >Sent: Dienstag, 8. Januar 2008 10:50 >please dont use shorts. Lets just us bts_size and no version >at all, ok? OK. We need to be careful to add the positive and negative flag for new features. Otherwise, we cannot distinguish between the default and the absence of that feature. >and while at it, how about using u32/u64 for the fields (that's how we OK. >expose ABIs, even if we know that 'unsigned int' is always 32-bit on >x86), and add support for COMPAT as well? COMPAT should already work. regards, markus. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel GmbH Dornacher Strasse 1 85622 Feldkirchen/Muenchen Germany Sitz der Gesellschaft: Feldkirchen bei Muenchen Geschaeftsfuehrer: Douglas Lusk, Peter Gleissner, Hannes Schwaderer Registergericht: Muenchen HRB 47456 Ust.-IdNr. VAT Registration No.: DE129385895 Citibank Frankfurt (BLZ 502 109 00) 600119052 This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/