Re: [discuss] Re: [Patch] x86_64: TASK_SIZE fixes for compatibility mode processes

[Andi Kleen]

On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 04:06:04PM -0700, Siddha, Suresh B wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 03:48:23PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > "Siddha, Suresh B" <suresh.b.siddha@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > ia64, ppc64 and s390 seems be getting this info from thread_info or 
> > > thread_struct in the task struct.
> > 
> > I know.  I'm claiming that this is conceptually wrong.
> 
> I def see your point. But this is too late for 2.6.12.  We want to get this 
> fixed in 2.6.12.  We can do the cleanup at a more convenient time.

My feeling is that all of this is more for post 2.6.12. I still
have not seen anything important that would get fixed by it.

-Andi
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