linux-kernel - Re: [tip:core/header-fixes] make exported headers use strict posix types

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Message-ID: <s5h3ae1k2gk.wl%tiwai@suse.de>
Date:	Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:49:15 +0100
From:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To:	arnd@...db.de
Cc:	hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com, dwmw2@...radead.org,
	acme@...stprotocols.net, airlied@...ux.ie, perex@...ex.cz,
	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, mchehab@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	hpa@...ux.intel.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:core/header-fixes] make exported headers use strict posix types

At Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:30:53 GMT,
Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> 
> Author:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> AuthorDate: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:51:39 +0100
> Commit:     H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
> CommitDate: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:27:59 -0800
> 
> make exported headers use strict posix types
> 
> A number of standard posix types are used in exported headers, which
> is not allowed if __STRICT_KERNEL_NAMES is defined. In order to
> get rid of the non-__STRICT_KERNEL_NAMES part and to make sane headers
> the default, we have to change them all to safe types.
> 
> There are also still some leftovers in reiserfs_fs.h, elfcore.h
> and coda.h, but these files have not compiled in user space for
> a long time.
> 
> This leaves out the various integer types ({u_,u,}int{8,16,32,64}_t),
> which we take care of separately.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Acked-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>
> Cc: David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>
> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>
> Cc: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-ppp@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>
> Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>

My ack for include/sound/asound.h,

Acked-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>


thanks,

Takashi
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