Re: [PATCH] posix_types.h: make __NFDBITS match glibc definition

[Jeff Law]

On 07/24/12 12:24, Josh Boyer wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:20:11AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > +#define __NFDBITS      (8 * (int) sizeof(long int))
> >
> > I don't know if the type change is needed, but who the hell uses "long int"?
>
> Not strictly, no.  I believe in my brief tests, just the int cast was
> sufficient.  I can respin if you'd like.  I probably need to anyway to
> CC stable on this.
All that's strictly necessary is that cast to (int).  That avoids the 
problem.

Jeff
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