On 2023-07-01 18:18, A. Wilcox via Libc-alpha wrote:
_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=32 is legacy, but Linux on 32-bit systems is not.
Yes, the documentation could be more careful in its wording. As I
understand it, the only active Linux ports that still support 32-bit
off_t are x86 and ARM. So in the patch let's change this:
"if the code is intended to be portable to legacy 32-bit platforms."
to this:
"if the code is intended to be portable to traditional 32-bit x86 and
ARM platforms where off_t's width defaults to 32 bits."
The idea is to let users know the scope of the problem without implying
that all 32-bit Linux is going away. Revised patch attached.From ed62eaad1fff242222fca72c537ce8d271f0cd92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggert <eggert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2023 10:55:53 -0700
Subject: [PATCH v2] off64_t: prefer off_t for splice, etc.
For the few functions that come only in 64-bit off_t flavors,
document their APIs as using off_t instead of off64_t,
and say also that code should #define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64.
This documents what user code is (and should be) doing anyway,
if it needs to work on traditional x86 and ARM Linux.
---
man2/copy_file_range.2 | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
man2/readahead.2 | 11 ++++++++++-
man2/splice.2 | 17 +++++++++++++++--
man2/sync_file_range.2 | 12 ++++++++++--
man3/fopencookie.3 | 17 ++++++++++++++---
man7/feature_test_macros.7 | 12 ++++++++----
6 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man2/copy_file_range.2 b/man2/copy_file_range.2
index 6f3aa4971..42b950d66 100644
--- a/man2/copy_file_range.2
+++ b/man2/copy_file_range.2
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ Standard C library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #define _GNU_SOURCE
+.B #define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
.B #include <unistd.h>
.PP
-.BI "ssize_t copy_file_range(int " fd_in ", off64_t *_Nullable " off_in ,
-.BI " int " fd_out ", off64_t *_Nullable " off_out ,
+.BI "ssize_t copy_file_range(int " fd_in ", off_t *_Nullable " off_in ,
+.BI " int " fd_out ", off_t *_Nullable " off_out ,
.BI " size_t " len ", unsigned int " flags );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -224,6 +225,18 @@ gives filesystems an opportunity to implement "copy acceleration" techniques,
such as the use of reflinks (i.e., two or more inodes that share
pointers to the same copy-on-write disk blocks)
or server-side-copy (in the case of NFS).
+.PP
+.B _FILE_OFFSET_BITS
+should be defined to be 64 in code that uses non-null
+.I off_in
+or
+.I off_out
+or that takes the address of
+.BR copy_file_range ,
+if the code is intended to be portable
+to traditional 32-bit x86 and ARM platforms where
+.BR off_t 's
+width defaults to 32 bits.
.SH BUGS
In Linux 5.3 to Linux 5.18,
cross-filesystem copies were implemented by the kernel,
@@ -234,6 +247,7 @@ the call failed to copy, while still reporting success.
.\" SRC BEGIN (copy_file_range.c)
.EX
#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
@@ -244,7 +258,7 @@ int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int fd_in, fd_out;
- off64_t len, ret;
+ off_t len, ret;
struct stat stat;
\&
if (argc != 3) {
diff --git a/man2/readahead.2 b/man2/readahead.2
index d69795979..64e57cdca 100644
--- a/man2/readahead.2
+++ b/man2/readahead.2
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ Standard C library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */"
+.B #define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
.B #include <fcntl.h>
.PP
-.BI "ssize_t readahead(int " fd ", off64_t " offset ", size_t " count );
+.BI "ssize_t readahead(int " fd ", off_t " offset ", size_t " count );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR readahead ()
@@ -73,6 +74,14 @@ Linux.
.SH HISTORY
Linux 2.4.13,
glibc 2.3.
+.SH NOTES
+.B _FILE_OFFSET_BITS
+should be defined to be 64 in code that uses a pointer to
+.BR readahead ,
+if the code is intended to be portable
+to traditional 32-bit x86 and ARM platforms where
+.BR off_t 's
+width defaults to 32 bits.
.SH BUGS
.BR readahead ()
attempts to schedule the reads in the background and return immediately.
diff --git a/man2/splice.2 b/man2/splice.2
index dd78e8cd4..cd4ed35cb 100644
--- a/man2/splice.2
+++ b/man2/splice.2
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ Standard C library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */"
+.B "#define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
.B #include <fcntl.h>
.PP
-.BI "ssize_t splice(int " fd_in ", off64_t *_Nullable " off_in ,
-.BI " int " fd_out ", off64_t *_Nullable " off_out ,
+.BI "ssize_t splice(int " fd_in ", off_t *_Nullable " off_in ,
+.BI " int " fd_out ", off_t *_Nullable " off_out ,
.BI " size_t " len ", unsigned int " flags );
.\" Return type was long before glibc 2.7
.fi
@@ -242,6 +243,18 @@ only pointers are copied, not the pages of the buffer.
.\" the data and choose to forward it to two or more different
.\" users - for things like logging etc.).
.\"
+.PP
+.B _FILE_OFFSET_BITS
+should be defined to be 64 in code that uses non-null
+.I off_in
+or
+.I off_out
+or that takes the address of
+.BR splice ,
+if the code is intended to be portable
+to traditional 32-bit x86 and ARM platforms where
+.BR off_t 's
+width defaults to 32 bits.
.SH EXAMPLES
See
.BR tee (2).
diff --git a/man2/sync_file_range.2 b/man2/sync_file_range.2
index d633b08ff..31d7e5112 100644
--- a/man2/sync_file_range.2
+++ b/man2/sync_file_range.2
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ Standard C library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */"
+.B #define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
.B #include <fcntl.h>
.PP
-.BI "int sync_file_range(int " fd ", off64_t " offset ", off64_t " nbytes ,
+.BI "int sync_file_range(int " fd ", off_t " offset ", off_t " nbytes ,
.BI " unsigned int " flags );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ system call that orders the arguments suitably:
.in +4n
.EX
.BI "int sync_file_range2(int " fd ", unsigned int " flags ,
-.BI " off64_t " offset ", off64_t " nbytes );
+.BI " off_t " offset ", off_t " nbytes );
.EE
.in
.PP
@@ -198,6 +199,13 @@ glibc transparently wraps
under the name
.BR sync_file_range ().
.SH NOTES
+.B _FILE_OFFSET_BITS
+should be defined to be 64 in code that takes the address of
+.BR sync_file_range ,
+if the code is intended to be portable
+to traditional 32-bit x86 and ARM platforms where
+.BR off_t 's
+width defaults to 32 bits.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR fdatasync (2),
.BR fsync (2),
diff --git a/man3/fopencookie.3 b/man3/fopencookie.3
index 409a3c81a..3a68746cc 100644
--- a/man3/fopencookie.3
+++ b/man3/fopencookie.3
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Standard C library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */"
+.B #define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
.B #include <stdio.h>
.PP
.BI "FILE *fopencookie(void *restrict " cookie ", const char *restrict " mode ,
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ When called, it receives three arguments:
.IP
.in +4n
.EX
-int seek(void *cookie, off64_t *offset, int whence);
+int seek(void *cookie, off_t *offset, int whence);
.EE
.in
.IP
@@ -351,9 +352,9 @@ memfile_read(void *c, char *buf, size_t size)
}
\&
int
-memfile_seek(void *c, off64_t *offset, int whence)
+memfile_seek(void *c, off_t *offset, int whence)
{
- off64_t new_offset;
+ off_t new_offset;
struct memfile_cookie *cookie = c;
\&
if (whence == SEEK_SET)
@@ -451,6 +452,16 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
}
.EE
.\" SRC END
+.SH NOTES
+.B _FILE_OFFSET_BITS
+should be defined to be 64 in code that uses non-null
+.I seek
+or that takes the address of
+.BR fopencookie ,
+if the code is intended to be portable
+to traditional 32-bit x86 and ARM platforms where
+.BR off_t 's
+width defaults to 32 bits.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR fclose (3),
.BR fmemopen (3),
diff --git a/man7/feature_test_macros.7 b/man7/feature_test_macros.7
index f1620611c..462fd4abb 100644
--- a/man7/feature_test_macros.7
+++ b/man7/feature_test_macros.7
@@ -113,15 +113,16 @@ feature test macro requirements (this example from
.RS +4
.EX
.B #define _GNU_SOURCE
+.B #define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
.B #include <fcntl.h>
.PP
-.BI "ssize_t readahead(int " fd ", off64_t *" offset ", size_t " count );
+.BI "ssize_t readahead(int " fd ", off_t *" offset ", size_t " count );
.EE
.RE
.PP
-This format is employed in cases where only a single
-feature test macro can be used to expose the function
-declaration, and that macro is not defined by default.
+This format is employed in cases where feature macros
+expose the function declaration with the correct type,
+and these macros are not defined by default.
.SS Feature test macros understood by glibc
The paragraphs below explain how feature test macros are handled
in glibc 2.\fIx\fP,
@@ -406,6 +407,9 @@ related to file I/O and filesystem operations into references to
their 64-bit counterparts.
This is useful for performing I/O on large files (> 2 Gigabytes)
on 32-bit systems.
+It is also useful when calling functions like
+.BR copy_file_range (2)
+that were added more recently and that come only in 64-bit flavors.
(Defining this macro permits correctly written programs to use
large files with only a recompilation being required.)
.IP
--
2.41.0
