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

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Date:	Thu, 30 Jun 2011 05:44:01 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	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 11:32:14AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > %zd is specified as the correct format for ssize_t.
> 
> And the code is already using that!
> But cris overrides ssize_t to a different type than expected by the compiler.

Yikes, ok.  That's a pretty stupid thing to do.  I guess cris has
mismatching kernel and userspace defintions for it?

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