[PATCH v3] Fix POSIX compliance: Make blkcnt_t and blksize_t signed on alpha

[Yury Khrustalev]

Hi Osama,

On Thu, Dec 04, 2025 at 08:08:44PM +0100, Osama Abdelkader wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 01, 2025 at 03:41:34PM -0300, Adhemerval Zanella Netto wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On 01/12/25 13:25, Yury Khrustalev wrote:
> > > On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 08:30:38AM -0300, Adhemerval Zanella Netto wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> ...
> > >>>
> > 
> > I am really not sure how to proper fix it without potentially breaking the C++
> > ABI.  Maybe we can do it and document on the NEWS entry on the
> > "Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility"
> > about a potentially ABI break and why have changed on Alpha.
> 
> Thanks Yury and Adhemerval for the review, please let me know whether I should send
> v4 or wait.

Apologies for a delayed reply. It looks like we need to reach consensus
first. I'd implement one of the proposed solutions that works for you
along with all the requested test changes and then post another version
of this patch so that we could discuss this one selected approach. Or
just wait for more comments probably pinging the adjacent thread in a
couple of week.s

Kind regards,
Yury