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[Bug libc/13575] SSIZE_MAX defined as LONG_MAX is inconsistent with ssize_t, when __WORDSIZE != 64
- From: "eblake at redhat dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: glibc-bugs at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:06:51 +0000
- Subject: [Bug libc/13575] SSIZE_MAX defined as LONG_MAX is inconsistent with ssize_t, when __WORDSIZE != 64
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- References: <bug-13575-131@http.sourceware.org/bugzilla/>
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13575
--- Comment #8 from Eric Blake <eblake at redhat dot com> ---
(In reply to Florian Weimer from comment #7)
> I think the proposed change is still incorrect on s390, where ssize_t is
> long int.
>
> Would this be a suitable generic definition?
>
> #define SSIZE_MAX ((ssize_t) ((~(size_t) 0) / 2))
No, because SSIZE_MAX must be usable in #if preprocessor conditionals.
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