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Subject: Re: [PATCH} s390x sys32 duplicated code cleanup (was [PATCH RFC] s390x
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To: Tim Hockin <thockin@sun.com>
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Hi Tim,

>Uggh, DaveM pointed out a very good issue with this fix (similar for
>Sparc64) and core files.  Core files will now have truncated uid/gid
>values because fs/binfmt_elf calls NEW_TO_OLD_UID().  May be other
>places, too.
>
>I guess you should not apply this patch until I've had a better think
>about it.

Sad but true. And I don't see an easy way around it without changes
to fs/binfmt_elf.c.

blue skies,
   Martin

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