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

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Date:	Wed, 2 Jan 2008 13:42:04 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
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 Wed, 2 Jan 2008, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>
> 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?

Yeah, no, I don't take patches early. I've considered setting up another 
branch for early patches, but decided that I'm (a) lazy and (b) better off 
encouraging people in the late -rc timeframe to just concentrate on the 
-rc's, not the next version.

		Linus
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