H. Peter Anvin wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>> If you're going to make it a 64-bit pass it in as a 64-bit number, >>> instead of breaking it into two numbers. >> >> Maybe I am missing your point. The glibc interface could take a 64bit >> parameter, but don't we need to pass 32-bit values into the system >> call on 32 bit systems ? > > Not as such, no. The ABI handles that. To make the ABI clean on some > architectures, it's good to consider a 64-bit value only in positions > where they map to an even:odd register pair once slotted in.
OK. I didn't know that. I took sys_llseek() as an example of an interface to follow when coded clone64(). Thanks, C. _______________________________________________ Containers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/containers _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@openvz.org https://openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
