linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs: replace int param with size_t for seq_open

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Date:	Mon, 01 Sep 2014 14:54:30 +0100
From:	Rob Jones <rob.jones@...ethink.co.uk>
To:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
CC:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: replace int param with size_t for seq_open_private()

I don't agree. Ultimately this parameter ends up as a parameter to
kmalloc where it is expected to be a size_t.

On 01/09/14 14:43, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
>>   void *__seq_open_private(struct file *f, const struct seq_operations *ops,
>> - int psize)
>> + size_t psize)
>
> It should be "unsigned int" at most.
> As almost all in-kernel lengths.
>
>      Alexey
>
>

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