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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 ARM Ltd.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+#ifndef __ASM_SHMPARAM_H
+#define __ASM_SHMPARAM_H
+
+/*
+ * For IPC syscalls from compat tasks, we need to use the legacy 16k
+ * alignment value. Since we don't have aliasing D-caches, the rest of
+ * the time we can safely use PAGE_SIZE.
+ */
+#define COMPAT_SHMLBA	0x4000
+
+#include <asm-generic/shmparam.h>
+
+#endif /* __ASM_SHMPARAM_H */