linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: Replaces 'unsigned' with 'unsigned int' in the codebase

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Date:   Tue, 27 Jun 2017 15:06:26 +0300
From:   Roman Storozhenko <romeusmeister@...il.com>
To:     kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     christoffer.dall@...aro.org, marc.zyngier@....com,
        pbonzini@...hat.com, rkrcmar@...hat.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: Replaces 'unsigned' with 'unsigned int' in the
 codebase

On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 12:01:25PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> 
> 
> On 27/06/2017 11:54, Roman Storozhenko wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Roman Storozhenko <romeusmeister@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  virt/kvm/arm/arm.c        |  2 +-
> >  virt/kvm/coalesced_mmio.c |  2 +-
> >  virt/kvm/eventfd.c        | 10 ++++++----
> >  virt/kvm/irqchip.c        |  7 ++++---
> >  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c       | 16 ++++++++--------
> >  5 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> 
> This change is pointless.  Contributors to KVM should know what
> "unsigned" means.

Paolo, thanks that you mentioned this. But I have a question - is this just
useless or this is an error?

I saw many places in the codebase where 'unsigned int' is used. That why I
decided to make the codebase more standartized from the style point of
view.

Thanks, Roman Storozhenko.