Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 08:29:57 -0500 (EST) From: Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> To: David Xu <davidxu@freebsd.org> Cc: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com>, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, cvs-src@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys signal.h Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.43.0512080828490.226-100000@sea.ntplx.net> In-Reply-To: <4397BB3B.2010008@freebsd.org>
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On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, David Xu wrote: > Daniel Eischen wrote: > > I was going to do it in libc so it doesn't have to be done by each > > thread library. > > > > But there are still aio_* syscalls that haven't been changed to have > > compat syscalls. You did aio_read, aio_write, and lio_listion, but > > not aio_error, aio_return, aio_suspend, aio_cancel, and aio_waitcomplete. > > I think these really need compat syscalls due to the different layout of > > struct sigevent (because it affects layout of struct aiocb). > > > The aio_error, aio_return and other syscalls don't access sigevent, > they all access kernel private data of aiocb, I left old sigevent space > there, but will not be used by new syscalls, the new sigevent is > appended at end of aiocb, offset of kernel private data area is not changed. So we're OK then since you've already added compat syscalls. Only -current users need to recompile. -- DE
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