Re: [PATCH] lseek.2: SYNOPSIS: Use correct types

From: Florian Weimer
Date: Sun Nov 22 2020 - 07:43:42 EST


* Alejandro Colomar:

> The Linux kernel uses 'unsigned int' instead of 'int' for 'fd' and
> 'whence'. As glibc provides no wrapper, use the same types the
> kernel uses.

lseek is a POSIX interface, and glibc provides it. POSIX uses int for
file descriptors (and the whence parameter in case of lseek).

The llseek system call is a different matter, that's indeed
Linux-specific.