From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Peter Chubb <peter@chubb.wattle.id.au>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@transmeta.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH, TRIVIAL] Fix argument of BLKGETSIZE64
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 15:41:23 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E17I0sl-0004y0-00@wagner.rustcorp.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 12 Jun 2002 15:02:00 +1000." <15622.54728.469214.307901@wombat.chubb.wattle.id.au>
In message <15622.54728.469214.307901@wombat.chubb.wattle.id.au> you write:
>
> (2.5.21) The third argument to BLKGETSIZE64 is declared as u64 in
> include/linux/fs.h
...
> -#define BLKGETSIZE64 _IOR(0x12,114,sizeof(u64)) /*
> +#define BLKGETSIZE64 _IOR(0x12,114,sizeof(uint64_t)) /*
This is a wider question: uint64_t and int64_t (et. al) are ISO C
<stdint.h> requirements. Whether we should begin migration in 2.5, or
leave them alone is a Linus question.
> I think it should be uint64_t to allow glibc to copy and mangle the file into
> its header tree.
I don't think that's really an issue, is it?
Rusty.
--
Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-06-12 5:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-06-12 5:02 Peter Chubb
2002-06-12 5:41 ` Rusty Russell [this message]
2002-06-12 11:06 ` Peter Chubb
2002-06-12 13:22 ` Andreas Schwab
2002-06-12 13:47 ` David Woodhouse
2002-06-12 20:19 ` Peter Chubb
2002-06-12 20:45 ` David Woodhouse
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