Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Apr 2003 16:24:34 +0300 | From | Jari Ruusu <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] struct loop_info |
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Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote: > The second part of this patch adds a new struct loop_info2 > in <linux/loop.h> identical to the old struct but with > unsigned long long instead of dev_t. > Now kernel and userspace use the same struct, simplifying life. > > Unfortunately for compatibility some translation between > loop_info and loop_info2 is required.
Andries, if you are going to define new struct loop_info2, please change lo_offset to 64 bits, and add new 64 bit lo_size element. Specifying offset without size is little bit silly.
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