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Message-ID: <495A5D97.7070706@zytor.com> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:42:47 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> CC: Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: auto-convert size types in userspace headers Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 03:35:45PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> Sam Ravnborg wrote: >>> 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. >> That's the whole point right here. >> >> All of these types can be -- and are -- used by the kernel internally, >> but should only be exported as __uXX or __sXX. >> >> This is the auto-conversion idea I brought up earlier. > > So the patch from Mike has your "Acked-by"? > Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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