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

[Osama Abdelkader]

On Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 03:09:41PM -0800, Collin Funk wrote:
> Osama Abdelkader <osama.abdelkader@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> >> Thanks for the patch.
> >> 
> >> I had something similar written myself, but I wasn't sure if there was a
> >> historical reason for this definition. And I do not have an alpha
> >> machine to test on to make sure things work as expected after the
> >> change.
> >> 
> >> CC'ing Richard Henderson who is listed as the system maintainer for
> >> alpha in MAINTAINERS [1].
> >> 
> >> Collin
> >> 
> >> [1] https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/MAINTAINERS#Machine_maintainers
> >
> > Thanks Collin, I didn't know that sorry, feel free to drop it.
> 
> Let's not drop it yet. I never sent my patch on list, so we can use
> yours.
> 
> It would be good to make the change if possible to match POSIX
> requirements. I am just not sure if the change is possible.
> 
> Hopefully someone who knows more about alpha will review.
> 
> Thanks,
> Collin

Thank you Collin.

Best regards,
Osama