Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Fix size of st_nlink on 64bit
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From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Date: 2012-06-02 21:19:37
On Sat, 2012-06-02 at 21:34 +1000, Anton Blanchard wrote:
commit e57f93cc53b7 (powerpc: get rid of nlink_t uses, switch to explicitly-sized type) changed the size of st_nlink on ppc64 from a long to a short, resulting in boot failures. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <redacted>
Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Al, did you CC me on that ? I don't remember seeing it but it could be my fault... Cheers, Ben.
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--- Index: linux-build/arch/powerpc/include/asm/stat.h ===================================================================--- linux-build.orig/arch/powerpc/include/asm/stat.h 2012-06-02 21:25:50.322275743 +1000 +++ linux-build/arch/powerpc/include/asm/stat.h 2012-06-02 21:26:35.183130538 +1000@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct stat { unsigned long st_dev; ino_t st_ino; #ifdef __powerpc64__ - unsigned short st_nlink; + unsigned long st_nlink; mode_t st_mode; #else mode_t st_mode;