linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb: fix warning in usbtest module

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Date:	Sun, 8 May 2011 10:37:53 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:	Greg Dietsche <gregory.dietsche@....edu>
cc:	gregkh@...e.de, <mfuzzey@...il.com>, <tom.leiming@...il.com>,
	<ak@...ux.intel.com>, <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: fix warning in usbtest module

On Sat, 7 May 2011, Greg Dietsche wrote:

> On amd64 unsigned is not as wide as pointer and this causes
> a compiler warning. Switching to uintptr_t fixes the problem
> in an arch independent manner.

People tend to prefer to see non-typedef'ed type names, whenever 
possible.  In this case, it would be enough to change the type to 
unsigned long.

Lots of code throughout the kernel stores pointer values in unsigned 
long variables.  I've never heard any recommendation for using 
uintptr_t instead.

Alan Stern

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