[PATCH 1/3] Change _offset type from int to _off_t
Sebastian Huber
sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de
Mon Nov 26 16:22:00 GMT 2012
On 11/23/2012 11:21 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Nov 22 12:24, Sebastian Huber wrote:
>> 2012-11-22 Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de>
>>
>> * libc/include/sys/reent.h (__sFILE): Change type of _offset
>> from int to _off_t.
>> [...]
>> It breaks binary compatibility also on some RTEMS targets, but this is
>> not a problem.
>
> It breaks binary compatibility. Full stop. And this is a problem.
Yes, this is a problem, but not for RTEMS.
>
> If we do that, we must make really sure that this isn't a problem.
We can add a new type, which is int by default and for example _off_t on RTEMS.
>
> For instance, on 32 bit Cygwin, _off_t is 32 bit (while off_t ==
> _off64_t), so the change from int to _off_t would not break the ABI.
>
> But newlib is not only RTEMS and Cygwin, that's the problem.
>
> However, see the thread starting at
> http://sourceware.org/ml/newlib/2012/msg00214.html
>
> In theory you're not supposed to change struct __sFILE, rather you're
> supposed to use struct __sFILE64 and the functions defined in the
> libc/stdio64 subdir. This discussion seems to have gone lost.
Ok, and how can I do this. Is this a configure option? I don't want to use
fseeko64() directly.
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