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Re: [Aarch64] Fix _lseek prototype


On 10/5/18 4:21 AM, Christophe Lyon wrote:
Here is an updated version using "off_t" instead of "int".
OK?


-int _lseek (int, int, int);
+off_t _lseek (int, int, int);

Per POSIX, the primary function is off_t lseek(int, off_t, int). It looks weird that your _lseek uses int instead of off_t offset. Is this code only ever used on a 32-bit platform, where off_t will never be a 64-bit type? And since this is '_lseek' rather than 'lseek,' it might be okay to have a different signature than POSIX. Even so, it's still better to use off_t consistently, rather than in 1/2 of the places where it is typically used.

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