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

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Date:   Wed, 15 Feb 2017 09:17:56 -0500
From:   Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     lucien.xin@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org, marcelo.leitner@...il.com,
        vyasevich@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] sctp: change to use uint<size>_t in uapi sctp.h

On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 11:26:04AM -0500, David Miller wrote:
> 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.
> 

I'll admit that I can never remember which is which, but the files in uapi seem
pretty evenly split between the two types, and I always thought the uint<size>_t
was the one meant for user space

Neil