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* e2fsprogs: Why __uint64_t in unix_discard() in lib/ext2fs/unix_io.c?
@ 2013-10-25 13:54 Andrew Bradford
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From: Andrew Bradford @ 2013-10-25 13:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
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In e2fsprogs commit e90a59ed434d6c5e38dd148aa4ba5b22b8f7eb24 the
unix_discard() function was implemented.  Sorry, I was not subscribed
when that patch went to the list or I would have replied to it.

In unix_discard() in e2fsprogs lib/ext2fs/unix_io.c, starting at line
922 on the current git master branch HEAD, the __uint64_t type is used
for the range[] array which is used to perform an ioctl().
But, the BLKDISCARD ioctl() in the kernel uses uint64_t types to specify
the range.

Why is __uint64_t used in e2fsprogs's unix_discard() function?  It's not
clear to me.  This is the only use of __uint64_t in all of e2fsprogs.

Why wouldn't uint64_t work here?

Thanks,
Andrew

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