| Message ID | 1471890809-4383-61-git-send-email-mikko.rapeli@iki.fi (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
| Headers | show |
On Monday, August 22, 2016 8:33:17 PM CEST Mikko Rapeli wrote: > diff --git a/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/signal.h > index 33073bd..859f2de 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/signal.h > +++ b/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/signal.h > @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ struct sigaction { > typedef struct sigaltstack { > void __user *ss_sp; > int ss_flags; > - size_t ss_size; > + __kernel_size_t ss_size; > } stack_t; I was going to reply with an Ack, but on further consideration, I'm not sure if we can't do this in general: size_t may be either 'unsigned int' or 'unsigned long' (depending on the architecture and toolchain), and if kernel and glibc disagree on this, we have a problem with any user space code that expects sigaltstack->ss_size to be the same type as size_t (as mandated by the man page). I wonder if there is another way to address this. Arnd
On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 05:02:56PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Monday, August 22, 2016 8:33:17 PM CEST Mikko Rapeli wrote: > > diff --git a/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/signal.h > > index 33073bd..859f2de 100644 > > --- a/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/signal.h > > +++ b/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/signal.h > > @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ struct sigaction { > > typedef struct sigaltstack { > > void __user *ss_sp; > > int ss_flags; > > - size_t ss_size; > > + __kernel_size_t ss_size; > > } stack_t; > > I was going to reply with an Ack, but on further consideration, > I'm not sure if we can't do this in general: size_t may be either > 'unsigned int' or 'unsigned long' (depending on the architecture > and toolchain), and if kernel and glibc disagree on this, we > have a problem with any user space code that expects sigaltstack->ss_size > to be the same type as size_t (as mandated by the man page). > > I wonder if there is another way to address this. I presume that kernel headers need to follow libc in this case and include <stddef.h>? -Mikko
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/signal.h index 33073bd..859f2de 100644 --- a/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/signal.h +++ b/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/signal.h @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ struct sigaction { typedef struct sigaltstack { void __user *ss_sp; int ss_flags; - size_t ss_size; + __kernel_size_t ss_size; } stack_t;
Fixes uapi header compilation error from userspace on ARCH=arm: asm/signal.h:112:2: error: unknown type name ‘size_t’ size_t ss_size; Signed-off-by: Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli@iki.fi> --- arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/signal.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)