linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] staging: fsl-mc: MC bus IRQ support

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Message-ID: <20150506064242.GQ16501@mwanda>
Date:	Wed, 6 May 2015 09:42:43 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>
Cc:	Jose Rivera <German.Rivera@...escale.com>,
	"devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	Stuart Yoder <stuart.yoder@...escale.com>,
	"bhamciu1@...escale.com" <bhamciu1@...escale.com>,
	"arnd@...db.de" <arnd@...db.de>,
	"bhupesh.sharma@...escale.com" <bhupesh.sharma@...escale.com>,
	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"agraf@...e.de" <agraf@...e.de>,
	"nir.erez@...escale.com" <nir.erez@...escale.com>,
	"itai.katz@...escale.com" <itai.katz@...escale.com>,
	"R89243@...escale.com" <R89243@...escale.com>,
	Richard Schmitt <richard.schmitt@...escale.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] staging: fsl-mc: MC bus IRQ support

On Tue, May 05, 2015 at 02:56:41PM -0500, Scott Wood wrote:
> > Don't insist that you must be special and different from everyone else.
> 
> There are some users of U16_MAX, U32_MAX, and U64_MAX.  Why use a limit
> for a different type than is being used?  Why have s16/s32 at all if
> you're going to conflate it with short/int elsewhere?

I'm don't care about SHRT_MAX vs S16_MAX, I'm just saying generally,
people should fight every instinct they have to be unique in the kernel.

regards,
dan carpenter


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