[PATCH] struct loop_info64

From: Peter Chubb (peter@chubb.wattle.id.au)
Date: Tue Apr 22 2003 - 19:43:43 EST


>>>>> "Andries" == Andries Brouwer <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl> writes:

Andries> OK, upon general request, a shorter version. It has struct
Andries> loop_info64 and __kernel_old_dev_t. Otherwise mostly as
Andries> before.

Andries> Andries

While you're fixing this part of the interface, can you make the
loop_info64 structure large-file and large-block-device safe?

+struct loop_info64 {
...
+ int lo_offset;
        loff_t lo_offset;

And for stuff transferred between user/kernel space, it's *usually*
better not to use int or long, but to use explicitly-sized types,
which allows, say, both 32 and 64-bit user spaces on top of
a 64-bit kernel.

Peter C
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