Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Jul 2021 12:56:38 +0200 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fs: make d_path-like functions all have unsigned size |
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On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 12:49:52PM +0200, Ahmed S. Darwish wrote: > On Tue, Jul 27, 2021, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > > Resolve all of the abuguity by just making "size" an unsigned value, > > which takes the guesswork out of everything involved. > > > > Pardon my ignorance, but why not size_t instead of an unsigned int? I > feel it will be more clear this way; but, yes, on 64-bit machines this > will extend the buflen param to 64-bit.
I have no objection moving it to size_t, but as you say, I don't think it's needed to make the buffer get that big.
thanks,
greg k-h
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