On 07/07/11 20:41, Peter Mazinger wrote:
> Hi,
>> This fixes a problem identified by Mark Salter on C6X big-endian 
>> systems. We should not use "unsigned short int mode"; the proper
>> type is in theory mode_t, but here we need to use kernel_mode_t
>> since this structure is used for communication with the kernel, and
>> some targets have a 16-bit kernel_mode_t and 32-bit mode_t.
> 
> haven't looked closely, but if this header gets installed on target,
> [__]kernel_mode_t is not/should not be defined. If the structure is
> not meant to be used on target, than it should be guarded (like
> _LIBC), else we should use mode_t here and handle accordingly in
> code.

Accordingly meaning...? Should we translate kernel structures to user
structures here? That would get really ugly.

Can't we ensure that the necessary type is defined somewhere?


Bernd
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