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Re: [PATCH v2] [BZ #10283] localedef: align fixed maps to SHMLBA
- From: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at redhat dot com>
- To: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 15:47:14 -0400
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] [BZ #10283] localedef: align fixed maps to SHMLBA
- References: <1369327649-906-1-git-send-email-vapier at gentoo dot org> <1369507293-19498-1-git-send-email-vapier at gentoo dot org> <20130528194042 dot 1EF7B2C074 at topped-with-meat dot com>
On 05/28/2013 03:40 PM, Roland McGrath wrote:
> The fact that SHMLBA is the right size for this is a Linuxism. It should
> not be used directly in generic libc code. Instead, add a private sysdeps/
> header to define a macro or function that yields this larger-than-page size
> and explains what uses need to use this size. If it's then the most
> sensible thing for a machine-independent linux/ implementation of this
> header to use SHMLBA, then fine.
Good point. Thanks Roland.
Cheers,
Carlos.