linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] linux/types.h: always export 64bit aligned defines

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Date:	Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:24:39 +0100
From:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...e.de>
To:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] linux/types.h: always export 64bit aligned defines

Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org> writes:

> These these defines dont actually conflict with normal userspace / C
> library types, there's no reason to hide them behind the
> __KERNEL_STRICT_NAMES define.

aligned_u64 would pollute the name space, wouldn't it?

Andreas.

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