From 6955b182f170f934d78a8cdf4146662f84c48a38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ulrich Drepper Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 20:30:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify use of __ASSUME_32BITUIDS. --- sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/msgctl.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/msgctl.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/msgctl.c index 2d07b1f..93a9bf2 100644 --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/msgctl.c +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/msgctl.c @@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ int __new_msgctl (int, int, struct msqid_ds *); int __new_msgctl (int msqid, int cmd, struct msqid_ds *buf) { + /* This is a misnomer -- Alpha had 32-bit uids at the beginning + of time. However, msg_qnum and msg_qbytes changed size at + the same time the size of uid changed elsewhere. */ #if __ASSUME_32BITUIDS > 0 return INLINE_SYSCALL (msgctl, 3, msqid, cmd | __IPC_64, buf); #else -- 2.7.4