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Re: Bug 16713 - [s390x] Member "sa_flags" does not have the correct type


On Tuesday, September 09 2014, Mark Wielaard wrote:

> Maybe glibc wants to pass the struct as intended by the kernel and needs
> to create a "bridge" struct that properly initializes the kernel's view
> of sa_flags?

BTW, as discussed with Mark, a similar approach is done in GDB already.

However, I think the question is: does glibc need to have both
declarations?  IIUC, this difference was introduced because of POSIX
conformance, but if it does more harm than good...

Anyway, I'm really out of my scope here.  Just my 0.0001 cent.

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