Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1764002AbYBMAP7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:15:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752758AbYBMAPv (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:15:51 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:44717 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752688AbYBMAPu (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:15:50 -0500 Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:15:32 -0500 From: Jakub Jelinek To: Ingo Molnar , Thomas Gleixner , "H. Peter Anvin" , Ulrich Drepper Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: asm-x86/sigcontext.h changes break userland Message-ID: <20080213001532.GJ24887@devserv.devel.redhat.com> Reply-To: Jakub Jelinek Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 709 Lines: 18 Hi! The x86: use generic register names in struct sigcontext http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=742fa54a62be6a263df14a553bf832724471dfbe changeset breaks userland, e.g. it is not possible to compile gcc anymore (both 32-bit and 64-bit libgcc), and I expect any other program which pokes into struct sigcontext. The register names with e resp. r have been in use for years, what's the point breaking it now? Jakub -- 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/