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Re: [PATCH] [BZ #19408] Fix linux personality syscall wrapper


On 30 Dec 2015 03:26, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 06:50:07PM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > i guess the commit could use clarification here.
> 
> The subject is tricky and the commit is quite lengthy already.
> What would you like to be clarified?

/* Starting with kernel commit v2.6.29-6609-g11d06b2, the personality syscall
   never fails.  However, 32-bit kernels might flag valid values as errors, so
   we need to reverse the error setting.  We can't use the raw result as some
   arches split the return/error values.  */
-mike

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