.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
.\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" %sccs.include.redist.roff%
.\"
.\"     @(#)types.5	8.2 (Berkeley) 04/28/95
.\"
.Dd 
.Dt TYPES 5
.Os BSD 4
.Sh NAME
.Nm types
.Nd system data types
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The file
.Pa sys/types.h
contains the defined data types used in the kernel (most are
used through out the system).
.Bd -literal
#ifndef _SYS_TYPES_H_
#define	_SYS_TYPES_H_

/* Machine type dependent parameters. */
#include <machine/ansi.h>
#include <machine/types.h>

#ifndef _POSIX_SOURCE
typedef	unsigned char	u_char;
typedef	unsigned short	u_short;
typedef	unsigned int	u_int;
typedef	unsigned long	u_long;
typedef	unsigned short	ushort;		/* Sys V compatibility */
typedef	unsigned int	uint;		/* Sys V compatibility */
#endif

typedef	u_int64_t	u_quad_t;	/* quads */
typedef	int64_t		quad_t;
typedef	quad_t *	qaddr_t;

typedef	char *		caddr_t;	/* core address */
typedef	int32_t		daddr_t;	/* disk address */
typedef	u_int32_t	dev_t;		/* device number */
typedef u_int32_t	fixpt_t;	/* fixed point number */
typedef	u_int32_t	gid_t;		/* group id */
typedef	u_int32_t	ino_t;		/* inode number */
typedef	long		key_t;		/* IPC key (for Sys V IPC) */
typedef	u_int16_t	mode_t;		/* permissions */
typedef	u_int16_t	nlink_t;	/* link count */
typedef	quad_t		off_t;		/* file offset */
typedef	int32_t		pid_t;		/* process id */
typedef	int32_t		segsz_t;	/* segment size */
typedef	int32_t		swblk_t;	/* swap offset */
typedef	u_int32_t	uid_t;		/* user id */

/*
 * This belongs in unistd.h, but is placed here to ensure that programs
 * casting the second parameter of lseek to off_t will get the correct
 * version of lseek.
 */
#ifndef KERNEL
#include <sys/cdefs.h>
__BEGIN_DECLS
off_t	 lseek __P((int, off_t, int));
__END_DECLS
#endif

#ifndef _POSIX_SOURCE
							/* major number */
#define	major(x)	((int32_t)(((u_int32_t)(x) >> 8) & 0xff))
#define	minor(x)	((int32_t)((x) & 0xff))		/* minor number */
#define	makedev(x,y)	((dev_t)(((x) << 8) | (y)))	/* create dev_t */
#endif

#include <machine/endian.h>

#ifdef	_BSD_CLOCK_T_
typedef	_BSD_CLOCK_T_	clock_t;
#undef	_BSD_CLOCK_T_
#endif

#ifdef	_BSD_SIZE_T_
typedef	_BSD_SIZE_T_	size_t;
#undef	_BSD_SIZE_T_
#endif

#ifdef	_BSD_SSIZE_T_
typedef	_BSD_SSIZE_T_	ssize_t;
#undef	_BSD_SSIZE_T_
#endif

#ifdef	_BSD_TIME_T_
typedef	_BSD_TIME_T_	time_t;
#undef	_BSD_TIME_T_
#endif

#ifndef _POSIX_SOURCE
#define	NBBY	8		/* number of bits in a byte */

/*
 * Select uses bit masks of file descriptors in longs.  These macros
 * manipulate such bit fields (the filesystem macros use chars).
 * FD_SETSIZE may be defined by the user, but the default here should
 * be enough for most uses.
 */
#ifndef	FD_SETSIZE
#define	FD_SETSIZE	256
#endif

typedef int32_t	fd_mask;
#define NFDBITS	(sizeof(fd_mask) * NBBY)	/* bits per mask */

#ifndef howmany
#define	howmany(x, y)	(((x) + ((y) - 1)) / (y))
#endif

typedef	struct fd_set {
	fd_mask	fds_bits[howmany(FD_SETSIZE, NFDBITS)];
} fd_set;

#define	FD_SET(n, p)	((p)->fds_bits[(n)/NFDBITS] |= (1 << ((n) % NFDBITS)))
#define	FD_CLR(n, p)	((p)->fds_bits[(n)/NFDBITS] &= ~(1 << ((n) % NFDBITS)))
#define	FD_ISSET(n, p)	((p)->fds_bits[(n)/NFDBITS] & (1 << ((n) % NFDBITS)))
#define	FD_COPY(f, t)	bcopy(f, t, sizeof(*(f)))
#define	FD_ZERO(p)	bzero(p, sizeof(*(p)))

#if defined(__STDC__) && defined(KERNEL)
/*
 * Forward structure declarations for function prototypes.  We include the
 * common structures that cross subsystem boundaries here; others are mostly
 * used in the same place that the structure is defined.
 */
struct	proc;
struct	pgrp;
struct	ucred;
struct	rusage;
struct	file;
struct	buf;
struct	tty;
struct	uio;
#endif

#endif /* !_POSIX_SOURCE */
#endif /* !_SYS_TYPES_H_ */
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr fs 5 ,
.Xr time 3 ,
.Xr lseek 2 ,
.Sh HISTORY
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