linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/8] virtio: do not export "u16" and "u64" to userspace

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Message-ID: <87y5d16d8t.fsf@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Tue, 02 Apr 2013 09:59:54 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>,
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] virtio: do not export "u16" and "u64" to userspace

Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl> writes:
> virtio_balloon.h exports "u16" and "u64" to userspace. Use "__u16" and
> "__u64" instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
> ---
> 0) Tested with a kernel build.
>
> 1) Both types are used in this header for quite some time now. So is my
> patch flawed or doesn't userspace actually use virtio_balloon.h?

qemu rolls its own copy, but this is still a valid fix.

Thanks,
Rusty.
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