Issue 2612: [filesys.ts] [PDTS] uintmax_t too small for large file sizes

Title: [filesys.ts] [PDTS] uintmax_t too small for large file sizes
Status: nad future
Section: [fs.filesystem.synopsis] [fs.op.file_size]
Submitter: CH-8

Created on 2014-01-20.00:00:00 last changed 107 months ago

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msg7735 (view)

Date: 2014-02-11.00:00:00

[ 2014-02-11 Issaquah: NAD Future. ]

msg7734 (view)

Date: 2016-01-31.20:31:05

Addresses: filesys.ts

uintmax_t is specified to hold at least 64 bit. This is not enough for sizes beyond 4 [sic] exabytes.

Specify whether an implementation must provide a uintmax_t that can hold the maximum possible space and file size values.

[2014-02-06: Jeffery Yasskin points out 64-bits unsigned actually has a maximum value of "16 exabytes, not 4"]

[2014-02-07: Beman Dawes suggests: This should be NAD. Such ultra-large files are the province of enterprise-wide filesystems such as requested by IBM and others for a follow-on SG3 TS. That would be the best vehicle to address this concern IMO.]

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