# Re: \[PATCH 3/8\] signal/sparc: Document a conflict with SI\_USER with SIGFPE

- From: Eric W. Biederman \<hidden\>
- Date: 2017-06-30 18:21:04 
- List: linux-api
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2017/06/5033991
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-arch/2017/06/5033991/t.md

```text
David Miller [ref] writes:

> From: "Eric W. Biederman" <redacted>
> Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 07:39:01 -0500
>
>> diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/siginfo.h b/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/siginfo.h
>> index 2d9b79ccaa50..6bc5c677e92f 100644
>> --- a/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/siginfo.h
>> +++ b/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/siginfo.h
>> @@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
>>  #define SI_NOINFO	32767		/* no information in siginfo_t */
>>  
>>  /*
>> + * SIGFPE si_codes
>> + */
>> +#define FPE_FIXME	(__SI_FAULT|0)	/* Broken dup of SI_USER */
>> +
>> +/*
>>   * SIGEMT si_codes
>>   */
>>  #define EMT_TAGOVF	(__SI_FAULT|1)	/* tag overflow */
>
> It's one thing to say FIXME in a comment in a kernel local header or
> C file.
>
> It's quite another to put this into the name of a macro which has
> visibility in the global user compilation namespace.
>
> I don't think you should really do that.

Good point.

Sigh.   It almost fits because we did do something off in the uapi
exported to userspace and we don't have a header file definition for
that case.

Still.  At this point arch/sparc/include/asm/siginfo.h is
a better fit for that definition.

I will respin and fix that.

I wish I knew what would make a better default floating point si_code on
sparc.  Using 0 aka SI_USER is doesn't fit at all.  Sigh.

Unfortunately I don't know the architecture well enough to even guess
what is going on in do_fpe_common when when no bits in fsr are set.

Any suggests for a better fix than just documenting that linux does
something weird and ill advised here?

Eric
```