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Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2023 07:16:17 +0100
From: Sam James <sam@...too.org>
To: libc-coord@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: Alejandro Colomar <alx@...nel.org>, "A . Wilcox"
 <AWilcox@...cox-tech.com>, Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@...hat.com>, Rich
 Felker <dalias@...c.org>, linux-man@...r.kernel.org,
 libc-alpha@...rceware.org, musl@...ts.openwall.com, Sam James
 <sam@...too.org>, Szabolcs Nagy <nsz@...t70.net>, Jakub Wilk
 <jwilk@...lk.net>, Paul Eggert <eggert@...ucla.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] off64_t: prefer off_t for splice, etc.


Paul Eggert <eggert@...ucla.edu> writes:

> For the few functions that come only in 64-bit off_t flavors,
> document their APIs as using off_t instead of off64_t,
> and say also that code should #define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64.
> This documents what user code is (and should be) doing anyway,
> if it needs to work on traditional x86 and ARM Linux.

LGTM and thank you Paul.

I haven't checked for other prototypes/examples which need
changing.

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