linux-kernel - Re: Build regressions/improvements in v3.0-rc5 (ssize

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Date:	Thu, 30 Jun 2011 04:01:19 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mikael Starvik <starvik@...s.com>,
	Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@...s.com>,
	linux-cris-kernel@...s.com
Subject: Re: Build regressions/improvements in v3.0-rc5 (ssize_t ???)

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 08:59:28AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Nope. Also only happens on cris, which has in
> arch/cris/include/asm/posix_types.h:
> 
> typedef long            __kernel_ssize_t;
> 
> The "long" should be "int".
> But probably it should just include <asm-generic/posix_types.h> instead.

Changing a user visible type won't be very nice for those using it in
C++ code.

Better fix the code to use the proper %zd specifier for printing ssize_t
variables.  

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