linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] ACPICA: remove duplicate u8 typedef

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Date:	Wed, 29 Apr 2015 00:29:44 +0000
From:	"Zheng, Lv" <lv.zheng@...el.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
CC:	"Moore, Robert" <robert.moore@...el.com>,
	"Wysocki, Rafael J" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	"linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...ica.org" <devel@...ica.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] ACPICA: remove duplicate u8 typedef

Hi,

> From: Rafael J. Wysocki [mailto:rjw@...ysocki.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 8:44 AM
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPICA: remove duplicate u8 typedef
> 
> On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 04:54:04 PM Olaf Hering wrote:
> > During commit e252652fb2664d42de19f933aa3688bbc470de3f ("ACPICA:
> > acpidump: Remove integer types translation protection.") two 'unsigned
> > char' types got converted to 'u8'.
> >
> > The result does not compile with gcc-4.5, it can not cope with duplicate
> > typedefs.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
> 
> Applied, thanks!
> 
> Lv, can you please see if that's an upstream issue too?

In ACPICA, one u8 is UINT8 and the other is for BOOLEAN.
Pleas merge this first.
I'll think about a solution to reduce this divergence.

Thanks and best regards
-Lv

> 
> > ---
> >  include/acpi/actypes.h | 1 -
> >  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/acpi/actypes.h b/include/acpi/actypes.h
> > index f5ca0e9..1c3002e 100644
> > --- a/include/acpi/actypes.h
> > +++ b/include/acpi/actypes.h
> > @@ -124,7 +124,6 @@
> >  #ifndef ACPI_USE_SYSTEM_INTTYPES
> >
> >  typedef unsigned char u8;
> > -typedef unsigned char u8;
> >  typedef unsigned short u16;
> >  typedef short s16;
> >  typedef COMPILER_DEPENDENT_UINT64 u64;
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> --
> I speak only for myself.
> Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.