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Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/auto_fs.h | 25 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/auto_fs.h b/include/uapi/linux/auto_fs.h index 77cdba9df274..bb991dfe134f 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/auto_fs.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/auto_fs.h @@ -28,25 +28,16 @@ #define AUTOFS_MIN_PROTO_VERSION AUTOFS_PROTO_VERSION /* - * Architectures where both 32- and 64-bit binaries can be executed - * on 64-bit kernels need this. This keeps the structure format - * uniform, and makes sure the wait_queue_token isn't too big to be - * passed back down to the kernel. - * - * This assumes that on these architectures: - * mode 32 bit 64 bit - * ------------------------- - * int 32 bit 32 bit - * long 32 bit 64 bit - * - * If so, 32-bit user-space code should be backwards compatible. + * The wait_queue_token (autofs_wqt_t) is part of a structure which is passed + * back to the kernel via ioctl from userspace. On architectures where 32- and + * 64-bit userspace binaries can be executed it's important that the size of + * autofs_wqt_t stays constant between 32- and 64-bit Linux kernels so that we + * do not break the binary ABI interface by changing the structure size. */ - -#if defined(__sparc__) || defined(__mips__) || defined(__x86_64__) \ - || defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__s390__) -typedef unsigned int autofs_wqt_t; -#else +#if defined(__ia64__) || defined(__alpha__) /* pure 64bit architectures */ typedef unsigned long autofs_wqt_t; +#else +typedef unsigned int autofs_wqt_t; #endif /* Packet types */ |