Re: [PATCH, TRIVIAL] Fix argument of BLKGETSIZE64

David Woodhouse (dwmw2@infradead.org)
Wed, 12 Jun 2002 14:47:08 +0100

peter@chubb.wattle.id.au said:
> This issue is that when I try to use the BLKGETSZ64 ioctl from a user
> space program, the version of linux/fs.h shipped with glibc-2.2.5
> contains a u64 type.

> You could argue that this is a glibc bug.

I do indeed. I further argue that it has no business being discussed on the
kernel mailing list, just because the kernel happens to have a header with
a similar name.

> But the way that glibc generates the include/linux headers is just
> to copy them from some kernel tree or other, with a little mangling
> on the side.

This errant behaviour would appear to be the cause of the bug you've
observed. Glibc should be providing its own header files.

--
dwmw2




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