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authorLinus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>2026-06-30 18:05:56 +0100
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>2026-08-05 16:48:11 +0100
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ARM: 9480/1: entry: expand comment in __switch_tografted
As per discussion between the developers in the mail thread linked, expand the comment in __switch_to so that readers of the code understand what is going on. Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
+#ifndef __ASM_GENERIC_IPCBUF_H
+#define __ASM_GENERIC_IPCBUF_H
+
+#include <linux/posix_types.h>
+
+/*
+ * The generic ipc64_perm structure:
+ * Note extra padding because this structure is passed back and forth
+ * between kernel and user space.
+ *
+ * ipc64_perm was originally meant to be architecture specific, but
+ * everyone just ended up making identical copies without specific
+ * optimizations, so we may just as well all use the same one.
+ *
+ * Pad space is left for:
+ * - 32-bit mode_t on architectures that only had 16 bit
+ * - 32-bit seq
+ * - 2 miscellaneous 32-bit values
+ */
+
+struct ipc64_perm {
+ __kernel_key_t key;
+ __kernel_uid32_t uid;
+ __kernel_gid32_t gid;
+ __kernel_uid32_t cuid;
+ __kernel_gid32_t cgid;
+ __kernel_mode_t mode;
+ /* pad if mode_t is u16: */
+ unsigned char __pad1[4 - sizeof(__kernel_mode_t)];
+ unsigned short seq;
+ unsigned short __pad2;
+ __kernel_ulong_t __unused1;
+ __kernel_ulong_t __unused2;
+};
+
+#endif /* __ASM_GENERIC_IPCBUF_H */