linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] btrfs: avoid passing int param to start

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Message-ID: <20150922134340.GF12815@suse.cz>
Date:	Tue, 22 Sep 2015 15:43:40 +0200
From:	David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>
To:	Alexandru Moise <00moses.alexander00@...il.com>
Cc:	clm@...com, jbacik@...com, linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] btrfs: avoid passing int param to start_transaction
 which takes u64

On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 04:33:07PM +0300, Alexandru Moise wrote:
> > I think it's better to do it the other way around, ie. let all the
> > equivalents of 'num_items' be an int. We know that this is a small
> > number, using u64 for that is an overkill. As the number is always
> > positive, please make it 'unsigned'.
> 
> So you'd want it to be "unsigned int" or "u32"?

'unsigned int' please
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