On 2026-02-06 09:30:08+0100, Nicolas Schier wrote: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 01:28:49PM +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote: > > Switching the types will make some later changes cleaner. > > size_t is also the semantically correct type for this field. > > > > As both 'size_t' and 'unsigned int' are always the same size, this > > should be risk-free. > > include/uapi/asm-generic/posix_types.h states: > | * Most 32 bit architectures use "unsigned int" size_t, > | * and all 64 bit architectures use "unsigned long" size_t. > > Is that statement wrong? Or did I mix up the context?
That statement is correct. But as both 'unsigned int' and 'unsigned long' are 32-bit wide on 32-bit Linux platforms they are compatible. Thomas
