Can you help me find the equivalent entry(I mean arch-specific definition) of current in 3.8.3 kernel which I think is missing. I think because of all this I am getting some strange warnings and error.
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Rohan Puri <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 1:44 AM, Saket Sinha <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I have to port a driver from 2.6.18 to 3.8.3 > > > > Look at the below declaration of current > > http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/scripts/kconfig/gconf.c#L62 > > Where struct menu is > > http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/scripts/kconfig/expr.h#L159 > > > > The above one is in kconfig while the lower one is in the kernel. So > would > > they be able to affect each other? I guess NO > > > > NOW in the driver to be ported- > > current is defined as: > > struct task_struct *task = current; > > > > but is still able to excess the field members of task_struct > > http://lxr.linux.no/linux+v2.6.18/include/linux/sched.h#L767 > > like > > attr.ia_uid = current->uid; > > attr.ia_gid = current->gid; > > > > though it has not been initialized or assigned or typecasted to this > > task_struct. > > HOW? > > > > I searched on the entire lxr but could not find the solution. > > Kindly help. > > PS: This driver is built on 2.6.28 kernel so use lxr from 2.6.18 kernel > only > > like > > http://lxr.linux.no/linux+v2.6.18/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Kernelnewbies mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > > > Hi Saket, > > Its arch specifc, check file > http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v2.6.18/include/asm-x86_64/current.h#L15 > > - Rohan >
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