Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] use int64_t for return values from rbd instead of int

[Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG <s.priebe-2Lf/h1ldwEHR5kwTpVNS9A@public.gmane.org>]

Hello,

i send a new patch using ssize_t. (Subject [PATCH] overflow of int ret: 
use ssize_t for ret)

Stefan

Am 22.11.2012 09:40, schrieb Peter Maydell:
> On 22 November 2012 08:23, Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG
> <s.priebe-2Lf/h1ldwEHR5kwTpVNS9A@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> Am 21.11.2012 23:32, schrieb Peter Maydell:
>>> Looking at the librbd API (which is what the size and ret
>>> values come from), it uses size_t and ssize_t for these.
>>> So I think probably ssize_t is the right type for ret
>>> (and size) in our structs here.
>>
>>
>> This sounds reasonable but does ssize_t support negative values? For error
>> values.
>
> Yes, the first 's' in ssize_t means 'signed' and is the
> difference between it and size_t.
>
> -- PMM
>