From owner-cvs-all Mon Dec 30 4:26:31 2002 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA8F937B401; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 04:26:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailman.zeta.org.au (mailman.zeta.org.au [203.26.10.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 543B143EE1; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 04:26:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bde@zeta.org.au) Received: from katana.zip.com.au (katana.zip.com.au [61.8.7.246]) by mailman.zeta.org.au (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA10055; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 23:26:25 +1100 Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 23:28:25 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans X-X-Sender: bde@gamplex.bde.org To: "David E. O'Brien" Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/gen getbsize.3 getbsize.c src/include stdlib.h In-Reply-To: <200212301112.gBUBCGv1043081@repoman.freebsd.org> Message-ID: <20021230231414.O46392-100000@gamplex.bde.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, David E. O'Brien wrote: > obrien 2002/12/30 03:12:16 PST > > Modified files: > lib/libc/gen getbsize.3 getbsize.c > include stdlib.h > Log: > Back out the s/int */size_t */ commit. > It makes a difference on 64-bit arches, and no one really wants a 2^64 > block size [yet]. The mistake fixed by this commit has nothing to do with supporting block sizes of 2^64. It has to do with supporting field widths of SIZE_T_MAX characters in the header that reports block sizes. A field width of 2^64 won't be needed until block sizes reach approximately 10^(2^64). Fields this wide will take some time to read and generate mail about lines not fitting on 80-column terminals ;-). Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message