From: "Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)" <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
To: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
Cc: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lseek.2: SYNOPSIS: Use correct types
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2020 14:14:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <79a9ded9-6bf6-d202-bbe9-2f279bc3c945@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wnydblzt.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de>
Hi Florian,
On 11/22/20 1:43 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Alejandro Colomar:
>
>> The Linux kernel uses 'unsigned int' instead of 'int' for 'fd' and
>> 'whence'. As glibc provides no wrapper, use the same types the
>> kernel uses.
>
> lseek is a POSIX interface, and glibc provides it. POSIX uses int for
> file descriptors (and the whence parameter in case of lseek).
>
> The llseek system call is a different matter, that's indeed
> Linux-specific.
>
Ahhh, true. So many similar functions... :p
Thanks,
Alex
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-22 13:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-21 17:30 [PATCH] lseek.2: SYNOPSIS: Use correct types Alejandro Colomar
2020-11-21 17:45 ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2020-11-22 22:37 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-11-22 12:43 ` Florian Weimer
2020-11-22 13:14 ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) [this message]
2020-11-22 22:32 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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