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Re: Switch buffile.c/h to use pgoff_t

Bertrand Drouvot <bertranddrouvot.pg@gmail.com> — 2025-12-19T05:19:42Z

Hi,

On Fri, Dec 19, 2025 at 11:00:54AM +0800, Chao Li wrote:
> Given MAX_PHYSICAL_FILESIZE is just 1G (2^30), why availbytes has to be pgoff_t instead of just int?

I agree that int would work, but maybe it's using pgoff_t just to be on the safe
side of things should MAX_PHYSICAL_FILESIZE become 2^31 or higher one day?

Regards,

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