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From: caiyinyu <caiyinyu@loongson.cn>
To: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
Cc: libc-alpha@sourceware.org, adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org,
	xry111@xry111.site, lixing@loongson.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH] LoongArch: Fix inconsistency in SHMLBA macro values between glibc and kernel
Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 19:09:44 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4db2f272-d30e-b571-268a-9abcb3050c5e@loongson.cn> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zg5sllnj.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com>


在 2023/5/25 下午7:01, Florian Weimer 写道:
>> The LoongArch glibc was using the value of the SHMLBA macro from common code,
>> which is __getpagesize() (16k), but this was inconsistent with the value of
>> the SHMLBA macro in the kernel, which is SZ_64K (64k). This caused several
>> shmat-related tests in LTP (Linux Test Project) to fail. This commit fixes
>> the issue by ensuring that the glibc's SHMLBA macro value matches the value
>> used in the kernel like other architectures.
> Would it be possible to add a generic test like
> sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-mman-consts.py against the UAPI headers?
> Or is this constant not exported at all?


The Linux kernel defines the architecture-dependent macro SHMLBA in 
arch/*/include/asm/shmparam.h.

This macro is also defined in the common code in 
include/asm-generic/shmparam.h.

However, neither of them are exported as part of the uapi.

>
> Thanks,
> Florian


      parent reply	other threads:[~2023-05-25 11:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-05-25 10:32 caiyinyu
2023-05-25 11:01 ` Florian Weimer
2023-05-25 11:05   ` Xi Ruoyao
2023-05-25 11:09   ` caiyinyu [this message]

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