linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Use __u64 in aligned

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Date:	Wed, 2 Jan 2008 22:28:43 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	davem@...emloft.net, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use __u64 in aligned_u64's definition


On Jan 2 2008 12:52, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>On Wed, 2 Jan 2008, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>> 
>> please cherrypick 35f2e577e432b28969710bc1fd4d9a4c0875f81b from
>> the git://computergmbh.de/linux repository from the "netfilter"
>> branch (or use patch below).
>
>Umm. This is missing an explanation of what exactly cares.. Does it 
>actually fix some bogus warning, or is it just a cleanup? After -rc1, I 
>care. After -rc5, I care a lot.
>
A cleanup. Or perhaps a precautionary change, should unsigned long
long ever become something that is not 64-bit. It was intended for
2.6.25 actually. You don't take patches this early, do you?


thanks,
Jan
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