* [BUG?] Signedness of __kernel_nlink_t on Sparc?
@ 2005-03-14 0:21 ` Kyle Moffett
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From: Kyle Moffett @ 2005-03-14 0:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Linux Kernel Mailing List; +Cc: Sparc Linux Mailing List, William Lee Irwin
In include/asm-sparc/types.h, __kernel_nlink_t is signed, whereas on
all the
other architectures it is unsigned. Is this intentional, or a bug?
Cheers,
Kyle Moffett
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* [BUG?] Signedness of __kernel_nlink_t on Sparc?
@ 2005-03-14 0:21 ` Kyle Moffett
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Kyle Moffett @ 2005-03-14 0:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Linux Kernel Mailing List; +Cc: Sparc Linux Mailing List, William Lee Irwin
In include/asm-sparc/types.h, __kernel_nlink_t is signed, whereas on
all the
other architectures it is unsigned. Is this intentional, or a bug?
Cheers,
Kyle Moffett
-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version: 3.12
GCM/CS/IT/U d- s++: a18 C++++>$ UB/L/X/*++++(+)>$ P+++(++++)>$
L++++(+++) E W++(+) N+++(++) o? K? w--- O? M++ V? PS+() PE+(-) Y+
PGP+++ t+(+++) 5 X R? tv-(--) b++++(++) DI+ D+ G e->++++$ h!*()>++$ r
!y?(-)
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* Re: [BUG?] Signedness of __kernel_nlink_t on Sparc?
2005-03-14 0:21 ` Kyle Moffett
@ 2005-03-14 1:56 ` David S. Miller
-1 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: David S. Miller @ 2005-03-14 1:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Kyle Moffett; +Cc: linux-kernel, sparclinux, wli
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:21:09 -0500
Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com> wrote:
> In include/asm-sparc/types.h, __kernel_nlink_t is signed, whereas on
> all the
> other architectures it is unsigned. Is this intentional, or a bug?
Intentional, in order to match SunOS. Unfortunately this is pretty
much unchangable.
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* Re: [BUG?] Signedness of __kernel_nlink_t on Sparc?
@ 2005-03-14 1:56 ` David S. Miller
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: David S. Miller @ 2005-03-14 1:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Kyle Moffett; +Cc: linux-kernel, sparclinux, wli
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:21:09 -0500
Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com> wrote:
> In include/asm-sparc/types.h, __kernel_nlink_t is signed, whereas on
> all the
> other architectures it is unsigned. Is this intentional, or a bug?
Intentional, in order to match SunOS. Unfortunately this is pretty
much unchangable.
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