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From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
To: Rodrigo Campos <rodrigo@sdfg.com.ar>
Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] fallocate: Add "--dig-holes" option
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 14:30:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140214133059.GC28125@x2.net.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140214130752.GD7927@sdfg.com.ar>

On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 01:07:53PM +0000, Rodrigo Campos wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 11:47:56AM +0100, Karel Zak wrote:
> > > +	for (off_t offset = 0; offset + hole_size <= end; offset += buf_len) {
> >          ^^^^^^^^^^^
> > 
> >  Yes it's expected by C standards, but it sucks. Don't use it, it's
> >  reader's nightmare.
> 
> Ohh, I didn't know. Can I ask why ?
> 
> And what type should I use ? loff_t ? Why is this better ?
> 
> (just curious, I want to understand :))

 Ah, my mistake.. I have no talked about "off_t", but about variables
 declarations. It's always better to have declarations at the begin of
 the code block or function. 

    for (int i = 0; ... )

 is C++ism that for unknown crazy reason has been accepted by C
 compilers/standards (C99). 

    Karel

-- 
 Karel Zak  <kzak@redhat.com>
 http://karelzak.blogspot.com

  reply	other threads:[~2014-02-14 13:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-01-25 19:17 fallocate: Add "--dig-holes" options and minor fixes Rodrigo Campos
2014-01-25 19:17 ` [PATCH 1/3] fallocate: Clarify that space can also be deallocated Rodrigo Campos
2014-01-25 19:17 ` [PATCH 2/3] fallocate: Hide #ifdef tricks to call fallocate in a function Rodrigo Campos
2014-01-25 19:17 ` [PATCH 3/3] fallocate: Add "--dig-holes" option Rodrigo Campos
2014-01-26 14:43   ` [PATCH v2] " Rodrigo Campos
2014-01-26 15:06     ` [PATCH v3] " Rodrigo Campos
2014-02-14 10:47       ` Karel Zak
2014-02-14 11:34         ` Karel Zak
2014-02-14 13:16           ` Rodrigo Campos
2014-02-14 13:07         ` Rodrigo Campos
2014-02-14 13:30           ` Karel Zak [this message]
2014-02-14 13:35             ` Rodrigo Campos
2014-02-17 10:32         ` Karel Zak
2014-02-17 14:15           ` Rodrigo Campos
2014-02-17 14:49             ` Karel Zak
2014-02-17 15:42               ` Rodrigo Campos
2014-01-25 19:23 ` fallocate: Add "--dig-holes" options and minor fixes Rodrigo Campos
     [not found]   ` <20140201040414.GA23360@sdfg.com.ar>
2014-02-11 11:31     ` Rodrigo Campos
2014-02-11 18:34       ` Karel Zak
2014-02-11 18:43         ` Rodrigo Campos

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