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Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 21:21:18 -0400
From: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: loff_t definition in <fcntl.h> (vs. glibc in
<sys/types.h>)
On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 12:52:05AM +0200, Petr Vorel wrote:
> Hi Rich,
>
> > > what is the reason for loff_t being defined in <fcntl.h> ?
> > > It was defined some time ago, in v0.9.5.
>
> > > glibc (and thus uclibc; + also Bionic) has it in <sys/types.h>, defined long
> > > time before. Who is correct? I guess loff_t not being posix, therefore it
> > > shouldn't be in <sys/types.h> ?
>
> > > I'm asking because it'd be nice to have it for both in single header
> > > (portability).
>
> > The reason it's defined in fcntl.h is because that's where the
> > declarations for the only functions which use it in their interfaces
> > reside. If it needs to be made available from multiple places, that
> > could be done at some point, but this is a really minor type that
> > shouldn't be used except with with functions defined in terms of it.
> Thanks for info. So maybe glibc shouldn't have defined it in <sys/types.h>.
>
> FYI I'm handling compatibility issues for LTP [1], which often uses kernel API
> in order to test it. Probably normal user space applications don't have needs we
> have in LTP.
What did you encounter that needs it that's not declared in fcntl.h?
Are you sure you're not using loff_t where off_t would be the right
type? loff_t only appears in some kernel interfaces that were intended
to work the same regardless of whether glibc was configured for 32-bit
or 64-bit off_t.
Rich
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