[PATCH v06 21/36] uapi linux/kexec.h: use __kernel_size_t instead of size_t
Dmitry V. Levin
ldv at altlinux.org
Tue Aug 8 16:15:43 PDT 2017
On Sun, Aug 06, 2017 at 06:44:12PM +0200, Mikko Rapeli wrote:
> Fixes userspace compilation error:
>
> error: unknown type name ‘size_t’
> size_t bufsz;
>
> Signed-off-by: Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli at iki.fi>
> Cc: kexec at lists.infradead.org
> Cc: Eric Biederman <ebiederm at xmission.com>
> ---
> include/uapi/linux/kexec.h | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kexec.h b/include/uapi/linux/kexec.h
> index aae5ebf2022b..f964d83b2757 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/kexec.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/kexec.h
> @@ -51,9 +51,9 @@
> */
> struct kexec_segment {
> const void *buf;
> - size_t bufsz;
> + __kernel_size_t bufsz;
> const void *mem;
> - size_t memsz;
> + __kernel_size_t memsz;
No, this is definitely wrong as it breaks x32.
I submitted an alternative fix some time ago, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170222224646.GC14311@altlinux.org
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ldv
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