netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/3] libbpf: use LFS (_FILE_OFFSET

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Message-ID: <7e323b73-8ed1-349f-4c08-49450854be0d@fb.com>
Date:   Fri, 16 Aug 2019 00:06:57 +0000
From:   Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>
To:     Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@...aro.org>,
        "magnus.karlsson@...el.com" <magnus.karlsson@...el.com>,
        "bjorn.topel@...el.com" <bjorn.topel@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 1/3] libbpf: use LFS (_FILE_OFFSET_BITS)
 instead of direct mmap2 syscall



On 8/15/19 5:13 AM, Ivan Khoronzhuk wrote:
> Drop __NR_mmap2 fork in flavor of LFS, that is _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
> (glibc & bionic) / LARGEFILE64_SOURCE (for musl) decision. It allows
> mmap() to use 64bit offset that is passed to mmap2 syscall. As result
> pgoff is not truncated and no need to use direct access to mmap2 for
> 32 bits systems.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@...aro.org>

Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>