linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/12] tools/nolibc: always use 64-bit ino_t, off

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Message-ID: <20251102084429.GD10797@1wt.eu>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2025 09:44:29 +0100
From: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/12] tools/nolibc: always use 64-bit ino_t, off_t and
 time-related types

On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 05:02:50PM +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> nolibc currently uses 32-bit types for various APIs. These are
> problematic as their reduced value range can lead to truncated values.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>

Thanks Thomas for this cleanup! Overall this looks good to me. I also
tested my preinit code against it based both on latest and older UAPI
headers (5.4) and everything still builds and seems to work fine.

For the whole series: Acked-by: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>

Willy