Re: compat linux/linux32 uid16 functions cleanup+fixes

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

On Jan 8, 12:18pm, njoly%pasteur.fr@localhost (Nicolas Joly) wrote:
-- Subject: Re: compat linux/linux32 uid16 functions cleanup+fixes

| Currently linux_uid_t is used outside uid16 code (struct siginfo,
| stat{,64}, ...), and then need to be defined for all arches. But only
| 3 of them define it as a 16bit type (arm, i386 and m68k), all others
| use 32bit values (alpha, amd64, mips and powerpc).
| 
| What about defining linux_{u,g}id16_t in common/linux_types.h, to be
| used by uid16 functions, and leave linux_{u,g}id_t alone for now ?

Yes, that is what I meant... We should have both linux_{u,g}id_t and
linux_{u,g}id16_t.

christos