linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 07/12] e2fsck: track ea

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Message-ID: <CAAeU0aMBM0DASLL_WjpNS=hvx9n4ntEJEKs_X=a948oJiHV26w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 26 Jun 2017 18:25:48 -0700
From:   Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>
To:     Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
Cc:     "Darrick J . Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/12] e2fsck: track ea_inode references

>> +#ifdef EXT2_NO_64_TYPE
>> +             fprintf(f, "%*u", width, ctx->num2);
>> +#else
>> +             fprintf(f, "%*llu", width, (long long)ctx->num2);
>> #endif
>
> Rather than a series of "#ifdef EXT2_NO_64_TYPE" checks, it would be cleaner
> to have a single #define to set the printf type, like:
>
> #ifdef EXT2_NO_64_TYPE
> #define EXT2_64U "%*u"
> #define EXT2_64D "%*d"
> #define EXT2_64X "%*x"
> #else
> #define EXT2_64U "%*llu"
> #define EXT2_64D "%*lld"
> #define EXT2_64X "%*llx"
> #endif

I am trying to figure out the purpose of #ifdef EXT2_NO_64_TYPE checks
now. Who defines it and what problem does it solve?

thanks