ioctl: Fix for MacOS X in 64-bit mode.

[gnulib.git] / lib / ioctl.c

diff --git a/lib/ioctl.c b/lib/ioctl.c
index 91eb3be..7c09d95 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/ioctl.c
+++ b/lib/ioctl.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* ioctl.c --- wrappers for Windows ioctl function
 
-   Copyright (C) 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ rpl_ioctl (int fd, int request, ... /* {void *,char *} arg */)
   buf = va_arg (args, void *);
   va_end (args);
 
-  return ioctl (fd, request, buf);
+  /* Cast 'request' so that when the system's ioctl function takes a 64-bit
+     request argument, the value gets zero-extended, not sign-extended.  */
+  return ioctl (fd, (unsigned int) request, buf);
 }
 
 #else /* mingw */