eventfd: change int to __u64 in eventfd_signal()
eventfd_ctx->count is an __u64 counter which is allowed to reach
ULLONG_MAX. eventfd_write() adds a __u64 value to "count", but the kernel
side eventfd_signal() only adds an int value to it. Make them consistent.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: update interface documentation]
Signed-off-by: Sha Zhengju <handai.szj@taobao.com>
Cc: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/include/linux/eventfd.h b/include/linux/eventfd.h
index 91bb4f2..3c3ef19 100644
--- a/include/linux/eventfd.h
+++ b/include/linux/eventfd.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
struct file *eventfd_fget(int fd);
struct eventfd_ctx *eventfd_ctx_fdget(int fd);
struct eventfd_ctx *eventfd_ctx_fileget(struct file *file);
-int eventfd_signal(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, int n);
+__u64 eventfd_signal(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, __u64 n);
ssize_t eventfd_ctx_read(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, int no_wait, __u64 *cnt);
int eventfd_ctx_remove_wait_queue(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, wait_queue_t *wait,
__u64 *cnt);