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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] xfs: make if_data a void pointer
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On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 02:31:54PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> (Does if_bytes really need to be int64_t?  I don't think we can
> realistically allocate that much space...)

Ѕee commit 3f8a4f1d876d3e3e49e50b0396eaffcc4ba71b08 for Dave's detailed
explanation.