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[Bug libc/14362] Incorrect ioctl declaration
- From: "carlos_odonell at mentor dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 03:07:30 +0000
- Subject: [Bug libc/14362] Incorrect ioctl declaration
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- References: <bug-14362-131@http.sourceware.org/bugzilla/>
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14362
Carlos O'Donell <carlos_odonell at mentor dot com> changed:
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--- Comment #2 from Carlos O'Donell <carlos_odonell at mentor dot com> 2012-07-24 03:07:30 UTC ---
The history in the glibc ChangeLogs indicate that it was changed from `int' to
`unsigned long int' around 1993 in order to align itself with BSD 4.4.
I consider this a serious issue for compliance with POSIX which has ioctl
defined as `int ioctl(int fildes, int request, ... /* arg */);'.
I'll float around a WIP patch for discussion around the pros/cons of changing
this established interface.
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