Re: [PATCH 18/18] flag parameters: check magic constants

From: Ulrich Drepper
Date: Mon May 12 2008 - 23:57:45 EST


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Andrew Morton wrote:
>> + BUILD_BUG_ON(SOCK_NONBLOCK & SOCK_TYPE_MASK);
>
> The fifth assertion triggers with alpha allmodconfig.

This means the simple approach won't work for alpha.

The question is how to solve it? I suggest the following:

- - define SOCK_NONBLOCK to some value > 16 in include/asm-alpha/socket.h

- - add #ifndef SOCK_NONBLOCK around the definition in include/linux/net.h

- - in sys_socket, sys_socketpair, sys_paccept

int fflags = flags;
if (SOCK_NONBLOCK != O_NONBLOCK && (flags & SOCK_NONBLOCK)) {
fflags &= ~SOCK_NONBLOCK;
fflags |= O_NONBLOCK;
}

and use fflags instead of flags in the places where we pass it on.

This has no costs on platforms other than alpha.

Shall I sent a patch?

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â Ulrich Drepper â Red Hat, Inc. â 444 Castro St â Mountain View, CA â
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