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SubjectRe: [PATCH] lseek.2: SYNOPSIS: Use correct types
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* 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.

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