netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/4] netfilter: ipv4: use preferred kernel types

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Date:	Mon, 01 Feb 2016 11:41:35 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	David.Laight@...LAB.COM
Cc:	tanure@...ux.com, pablo@...filter.org, kaber@...sh.net,
	kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru,
	coreteam@...filter.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] netfilter: ipv4: use preferred kernel types

From: David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 16:37:41 +0000

> From: Lucas Tanure
>> Sent: 30 January 2016 13:18
>> As suggested by checkpatch.pl:
>> CHECK: Prefer kernel type 'uX' over 'uintX_t'
> 
> One might ask why?

We have consistently done this, and consistency is enough of an
argument.