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Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2023 23:27:08 -0700
From: Mark Harris <mark.hsj@...il.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert@...ucla.edu>, libc-coord@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] off64_t: prefer off_t for splice, etc.

Paul Eggert <eggert@...ucla.edu> wrote:
> +.SH NOTES
> +.B _FILE_OFFSET_BITS
> +should be defined to be 64 in code that uses a pointer to
> +.BR readahead ,
> +if the code is intended to be portable
> +to traditional 32-bit x86 and ARM platforms where
> +.BR off_t 's
> +width defaults to 32 bits.

These notes apply to any 32-bit platform that may default to a 32-bit
off_t (including not only x86 and ARM, but also C-SKY, HP-PA, m68k,
MicroBlaze, MIPS, Nios II, PowerPC, s390, SPARC, and SuperH).  Is
there a need to specify "x86 and ARM", or could these three words be
omitted from each of the notes?



 - Mark

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