Wrong size types for `struct flock` constants
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On x86_64 Linux (at least; I haven't looked at all at other platforms), F_(RD|WR|UN)LCK and SEEK_(SET|CUR|END) are all defined as c_int. However, the flock struct uses c_short for the fields that they go in. man 2 fcntl, section 'Advisory record locking', and POSIX confirm that they should be short, not int.
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