[PATCH v2] Fix POSIX compliance: Make blkcnt_t and blksize_t signed on alpha

Osama Abdelkader osama.abdelkader@gmail.com
Sun Nov 23 14:27:14 GMT 2025


POSIX requires that blkcnt_t and blksize_t are signed integer types.
On alpha, these were incorrectly defined as unsigned types (__U32_TYPE).
This change makes them signed (__S32_TYPE) to match:
- POSIX requirements
- All other architectures in glibc

Fixes #33355

Suggested-by: Collin Funk <collin.funk@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Osama Abdelkader <osama.abdelkader@gmail.com>
---
v2: Use __S32_TYPE instead of __SLONGWORD_TYPE
---
 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/bits/typesizes.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/bits/typesizes.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/bits/typesizes.h
index 8cc4491c0b..4a7d689123 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/bits/typesizes.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/bits/typesizes.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #define __PID_T_TYPE		__S32_TYPE
 #define __RLIM_T_TYPE		__ULONGWORD_TYPE
 #define __RLIM64_T_TYPE		__U64_TYPE
-#define	__BLKCNT_T_TYPE		__U32_TYPE
+#define	__BLKCNT_T_TYPE		__S32_TYPE
 #define	__BLKCNT64_T_TYPE	__U64_TYPE
 #define	__FSBLKCNT_T_TYPE	__S32_TYPE
 #define	__FSBLKCNT64_T_TYPE	__S64_TYPE
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 #define __KEY_T_TYPE		__S32_TYPE
 #define __CLOCKID_T_TYPE	__S32_TYPE
 #define __TIMER_T_TYPE		void *
-#define __BLKSIZE_T_TYPE	__U32_TYPE
+#define __BLKSIZE_T_TYPE	__S32_TYPE
 #define __FSID_T_TYPE		struct { int __val[2]; }
 #define __SSIZE_T_TYPE		__SWORD_TYPE
 #define __SYSCALL_SLONG_TYPE	__SLONGWORD_TYPE
-- 
2.43.0



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