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Message-ID: <20081229140356.GB7327@uranus.ravnborg.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:03:56 +0100
From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To: Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: auto-convert size types in userspace headers
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 06:12:33AM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> Rather than constantly fixing up size type breakage in userspace headers,
> auto convert the types u_intXX_t, uintXX_t, intXX_t, uXX, and sXX to the
> appropriate __uXX or __sXX type.
Is this the right thing to do?
uintXX_t belongs to a namespace that the kernel should not use.
So being restrictive here would be better I think.
Sam
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