Re: [PATCH] fs: make d_path-like functions all have unsigned size

From: Ahmed S. Darwish
Date: Tue Jul 27 2021 - 06:49:58 EST


On Tue, Jul 27, 2021, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>
> Resolve all of the abuguity by just making "size" an unsigned value,
> which takes the guesswork out of everything involved.
>

Pardon my ignorance, but why not size_t instead of an unsigned int? I
feel it will be more clear this way; but, yes, on 64-bit machines this
will extend the buflen param to 64-bit.

Thanks,

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Ahmed S. Darwish
Linutronix GmbH