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Re: [PATCH] signal: Use correct type for si_band in siginfo_t [BZ #23562]
On Mon, 22 Oct 2018, Adhemerval Zanella wrote:
> On 22/10/2018 18:45, Joseph Myers wrote:
> > On Mon, 22 Oct 2018, Adhemerval Zanella wrote:
> >
> >> I think we should XFAIL for both 32-bit and 64-bit, siginfo_t is passed
> >
> > Since long int and int have the same size for 32-bit, I see no need to
> > XFAIL there when you can just use the proper POSIX type without affecting
> > the layout.
> >
> I see your point, I would just like to keep documented that for SPARC there
> is this small divergence between POSIX and kernel definition.
I think XFAILing for such conform/ test assertions is only for the cases
where the issue is hard to fix - not where the bad type can be replaced by
the standard one with no change of layout involved.
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Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com