linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: Change 'unsigned' to 'unsigned int' throughout block layer

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Date:   Wed, 14 Feb 2018 19:03:44 -0700
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     John Pittman <jpittman@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: Change 'unsigned' to 'unsigned int' throughout
 block layer

On 2/14/18 6:37 PM, John Pittman wrote:
> In quite a few files throughout the block layer, the bare 'unsigned' is
> used rather than the preferred 'unsigned int'.  The issue was
> exposed by checkpatch.pl.  Warnings encountered were:
> 
>     WARNING: Prefer 'unsigned int' to bare use of 'unsigned'
>     WARNING: Prefer 'unsigned int *' to bare use of 'unsigned *'
> 
> Fixed 64 total warnings.

I'm not going to take this, unless there's a specific bug related
to it.

-- 
Jens Axboe