linux/include
Chandra Seetharaman 822cfbff2e [PATCH] Process Events: Fix biarch compatibility issue. use __u64 timestamp
Events sent by Process Events Connector from a 64-bit kernel are not binary
compatible with a 32-bit userspace program because the "timestamp" field
(struct timespec) is not arch independent.  This affects the fields that
follow "timestamp" as they will be be off by 8 bytes.

This is a problem for 32-bit userspace programs running with 64-bit kernels
on ppc64, s390, x86-64..  any "biarch" system.

Matt had submitted a different solution to lkml as an RFC earlier.  We have
since switched to a solution recommended by Evgeniy Polyakov.

This patch fixes the problem by changing the timestamp to be a __u64, which
stores the number of nanoseconds.

Tested on a x86_64 system with both 32 bit application and 64 bit
application and on a i386 system.

Signed-off-by: Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru>
Cc: Guillaume Thouvenin <guillaume.thouvenin@bull.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-07-31 13:28:36 -07:00
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acpi Pull acpi_os_allocate into test branch 2006-07-10 02:39:47 -04:00
asm-alpha [PATCH] remove set_wmb - arch removal 2006-07-14 21:56:14 -07:00
asm-arm Merge master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm 2006-07-29 22:53:46 -07:00
asm-arm26 [PATCH] remove set_wmb - arch removal 2006-07-14 21:56:14 -07:00
asm-cris [PATCH] remove set_wmb - arch removal 2006-07-14 21:56:14 -07:00
asm-frv [PATCH] remove set_wmb - arch removal 2006-07-14 21:56:14 -07:00
asm-generic [PATCH] hdrinstall: remove asm/io.h from user visibility 2006-07-14 21:53:52 -07:00
asm-h8300 [PATCH] remove set_wmb - arch removal 2006-07-14 21:56:14 -07:00
asm-i386 [PATCH] remove set_wmb - arch removal 2006-07-14 21:56:14 -07:00
asm-ia64 [PATCH] remove set_wmb - arch removal 2006-07-14 21:56:14 -07:00
asm-m32r [PATCH] remove set_wmb - arch removal 2006-07-14 21:56:14 -07:00
asm-m68k [SPARC]: Kill prom_getname, unused and not implemented properly. 2006-07-21 14:17:55 -07:00
asm-m68knommu [PATCH] remove set_wmb - arch removal 2006-07-14 21:56:14 -07:00
asm-mips [PATCH] remove set_wmb - arch removal 2006-07-14 21:56:14 -07:00
asm-parisc [PATCH] remove set_wmb - arch removal 2006-07-14 21:56:14 -07:00
asm-powerpc [PATCH] remove set_wmb - arch removal 2006-07-14 21:56:14 -07:00
asm-ppc [PATCH] remove set_wmb - arch removal 2006-07-14 21:56:14 -07:00
asm-s390 [S390] get_clock inline assembly. 2006-07-17 16:09:42 +02:00
asm-sh [PATCH] remove set_wmb - arch removal 2006-07-14 21:56:14 -07:00
asm-sh64 [PATCH] remove set_wmb - arch removal 2006-07-14 21:56:14 -07:00
asm-sparc [SPARC]: Fix SA_STATIC_ALLOC value. 2006-07-24 22:34:00 -07:00
asm-sparc64 [SPARC64]: Fix typo in pgprot_noncached(). 2006-07-27 17:57:32 -07:00
asm-um Merge git://git.infradead.org/hdrinstall-2.6 2006-07-04 12:55:45 -07:00
asm-v850 [PATCH] remove set_wmb - arch removal 2006-07-14 21:56:14 -07:00
asm-x86_64 [PATCH] x86_64: Fix swiotlb=force 2006-07-29 20:59:55 -07:00
asm-xtensa [PATCH] remove set_wmb - arch removal 2006-07-14 21:56:14 -07:00
keys [PATCH] keys: discard the contents of a key on revocation 2006-06-26 09:58:18 -07:00
linux [PATCH] Process Events: Fix biarch compatibility issue. use __u64 timestamp 2006-07-31 13:28:36 -07:00
math-emu
media V4L/DVB (4270): Add tda9887-specific tuner configuration 2006-06-30 15:59:32 -03:00
mtd Merge git://git.infradead.org/hdrinstall-2.6 2006-07-04 12:55:45 -07:00
net [PKT_SCHED]: Fix regression in PSCHED_TADD{,2}. 2006-07-24 12:44:23 -07:00
pcmcia Don't include linux/config.h from anywhere else in include/ 2006-04-26 12:56:16 +01:00
rdma IB/mad: Validate MADs for spec compliance 2006-07-24 09:18:07 -07:00
rxrpc
scsi [SCSI] scsi_transport_sas: add expander backlink 2006-07-12 09:03:20 -04:00
sound [ALSA] Fix section mismatch errors in ALSA PCI drivers 2006-07-12 20:08:01 +02:00
video [PATCH] mbxfb: Add framebuffer driver for the Intel 2700G 2006-07-14 21:53:55 -07:00
Kbuild Add generic Kbuild files for 'make headers_install' 2006-06-18 12:14:01 +01:00