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Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:43:47 +0200 From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.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 10:01, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> wrote: > 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. Are __kernel_* types exported to C++ userspace? > Better fix the code to use the proper %zd specifier for printing ssize_t > variables. We cannot, as that would break on all other platforms that use the correct ssize_t. The problem is the incorrect typedef in the cris headers. Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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