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Author	ndbecker
Recipients	loewis, ndbecker
Date	2008-04-29.01:23:34
SpamBayes Score	0.0012678031
Marked as misclassified	No
Message-id	<200804282123.27023.ndbecker2@gmail.com>
In-reply-to	<1209423344.83.0.2327186015.issue2712@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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On Monday 28 April 2008, Martin v. Löwis wrote: > Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de> added the comment: > > Passing structures is certainly possible. I'd try > > args = struct.pack("iP", len(c), cast (pointer (c), c_void_p).value) > fcntl.ioctl(fd, request, args) > > Alternatively, > > args = eos_dl_args_t() > ... > args_p = cast(pointer(args), c_void_ptr).value > fcntl.ioctl(fd, request, args_p) > > should also work, IIUC. > You are correct, both of the above work (at least on x86)

On Monday 28 April 2008, Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de> added the comment:
>
> Passing structures is certainly possible. I'd try
>
> args = struct.pack("iP", len(c), cast (pointer (c), c_void_p).value)
> fcntl.ioctl(fd, request, args)
>
> Alternatively,
>
> args = eos_dl_args_t()
> ...
> args_p = cast(pointer(args), c_void_ptr).value
> fcntl.ioctl(fd, request, args_p)
>
> should also work, IIUC.
>

You are correct, both of the above work (at least on x86)

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Date	User	Action	Args
2008-04-29 01:23:36	ndbecker	set	spambayes_score: 0.0012678 -> 0.0012678031 recipients: + ndbecker, loewis
2008-04-29 01:23:35	ndbecker	link	issue2712 messages
2008-04-29 01:23:34	ndbecker	create