linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 29/30] microblaze_mmu

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Date:	Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:42:24 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	monstr@...str.eu
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, john.williams@...alogix.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 29/30] microblaze_mmu_v1: stat.h MMU update

On Monday 27 April 2009, Michal Simek wrote:
> >       long            st_size;        /* Size of file, in bytes.  */
> 
> Maybe unsigned? Make more sense to me that file size is not minus.
> And for some types below.

st_size represents an off_t in user space, which is signed.
Just over half the existing architectures use signed types
for st_size, but for this (like Sam's suggestion for __u64),
I don't think it matters either way.

	Arnd <><
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