linux-kernel - Re: Differences in bitops argument types

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Date:	Fri, 2 Nov 2007 15:59:17 +1100
From:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Differences in bitops argument types

Jan Kara writes:

>   I've just found out that operations like constant_test_bit() take pointer
> of different types on different architectures. In particular, x86_64,
> blackfin and frv take void * while i386, s390 and m68k take unsigned long
> *. Is this intended difference? Wouldn't using void * everywhere be more
> appropriate? Thanks for answer in advance.

A bitmap is defined to be an array of unsigned longs.  Using an array
of a smaller or longer type will give different results on big-endian
architectures.  Therefore using unsigned long * is better, because it
finds errors where callers are using an array of some other type.

Paul.
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