[PATCH] alpha: Use the generic nscd_ssize_t

Magnus Lindholm linmag7@gmail.com
Mon Aug 10 15:35:53 GMT 2026


On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 3:12 PM Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> wrote:

>
> I think this was a performance optimization for the original Alpha,
> which only had 64-bit atomics.
>
> Would you be able to send a v2 that deletes sysdeps/generic/nscd-types.h
> and merges into nscd/nscd-client.h?
>

Done, v2 deletes both headers and defines nscd_ssize_t in nscd/nscd-client.h
next to the wire format it describes. nscd/tst-nscd-basic still passes on alpha.
Posted separately.


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