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From:   "Ahmed S. Darwish" <a.darwish@linutronix.de>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc:     viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jordy Zomer <jordy@pwning.systems>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: make d_path-like functions all have unsigned size
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On Tue, Jul 27, 2021, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>
> Resolve all of the abuguity by just making "size" an unsigned value,
> which takes the guesswork out of everything involved.
>

Pardon my ignorance, but why not size_t instead of an unsigned int? I
feel it will be more clear this way; but, yes, on 64-bit machines this
will extend the buflen param to 64-bit.

Thanks,

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Ahmed S. Darwish
Linutronix GmbH