Description of problem: The new version of ia32-el does not set "current->personality" to PER_LINUX32. Our 64-bit kernel modules rely on this to determine whether the calling process is 32-bit or 64-bit. This was getting set in earlier RHEL4 drops. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ia32el-1.1-8.ia64.rpm How reproducible: Very. Steps to Reproduce: 1. build a 32-bit app that calls an ioctl into a 64-bit kernel module. 2. run the 32-bit app on IA64 using the ia32EL. 3. check inside the kernel that current->personality is not set to PER_LINUX32. Actual results: current->personality is not set. Expected results: current->personality = PER_LINUX32 for 32-bit calling processes. Additional info: Is this a bug, or an intended change. If intended, what will be the new method for determining whether the calling process is 32-bit or 64-bit? Ideally, we'd like this to be the same across all 64-bit platforms (ie: on x86_64 we also check current->personality).
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 139701 ***