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Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h index 196fdd02b8b1..be5e2e747f50 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h @@ -2,8 +2,15 @@ #ifndef _UAPI_ASM_X86_UNISTD_H #define _UAPI_ASM_X86_UNISTD_H -/* x32 syscall flag bit */ -#define __X32_SYSCALL_BIT 0x40000000UL +/* + * x32 syscall flag bit. Some user programs expect syscall NR macros + * and __X32_SYSCALL_BIT to have type int, even though syscall numbers + * are, for practical purposes, unsigned long. + * + * Fortunately, expressions like (nr & ~__X32_SYSCALL_BIT) do the right + * thing regardless. + */ +#define __X32_SYSCALL_BIT 0x40000000 #ifndef __KERNEL__ # ifdef __i386__ |