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Re: [PATCH] crypto modules: the integer literals in BLOCKSIZE may be too


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto modules: the integer literals in BLOCKSIZE may be too large
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 22:24:06 -0800
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Hong Xu wrote:
The BLOCKSIZE is defined as 32768, which may be too large if the default
signed integer size is no larger than 16 bits.

GNU code as a rule does not worry about machines where 'int' is less than 32 bits. POSIX requires 'int' to be at least 32 bits nowadays.



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