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Re: Fix for broken pthread_cancel on MIPS N32, glibc-ports 2.5.

From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
To: Kaz Kylheku <kaz at zeugmasystems dot com>
Cc: libc-ports at sourceware dot org
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 15:14:43 -0400
Subject: Re: Fix for broken pthread_cancel on MIPS N32, glibc-ports 2.5.
References: <66910A579C9312469A7DF9ADB54A8B7D888143@exchange.ZeugmaSystems.local>

On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 12:09:59PM -0700, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
> The use of __WORDSIZE in computing the padding for struct siginfo is
> incorrect, because it is derived from the pointer size, which is 32
> under N32. So the 64 bit kernel and N32 glibc will disagree about the
> structure layout, causing problems in signal handling.

Please discuss this on linux-mips.  I believe Peter Watkins and Ralf
had a conversation about it back in March, but it was never resolved.

The current definition is probably correct - what the kernel is doing
doesn't make much sense.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery

References:
- Fix for broken pthread_cancel on MIPS N32, glibc-ports 2.5.
  - From: Kaz Kylheku

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