netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] sctp: change to use uint<size>

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Date:   Tue, 14 Feb 2017 11:26:04 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     lucien.xin@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org,
        marcelo.leitner@...il.com, nhorman@...driver.com,
        vyasevich@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] sctp: change to use uint<size>_t in uapi
 sctp.h

From: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 16:23:48 +0800

> All structures in uapi sctp.h are exported for userspace, their members'
> types should use uint<size>_t instead of __u<size>.

This is not true.

__u<size> is in fact preferred for userspace exported datastructures.