linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] posix-clock: Use an unsigned data type for a variable

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Date:	Sun, 20 Dec 2015 13:51:11 +0100 (CET)
From:	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] posix-clock: Use an unsigned data type for a variable



On Sun, 20 Dec 2015, SF Markus Elfring wrote:

> >> Reuse the type from this poll call instead.
> > 
> > Why use uint when the function return type it unsigned int?
> 
> Do you prefer to express the type modifier once more there?

I don't know what the sentence means, but I think that the type should be 
referenced in a consistent manner.

> > On the other hand, why is the function return type unsigned int
> > when there is a return of a negative constant?
> 
> This implementation detail can trigger further software development
> considerations, can't it?

It would seem reasonable to address all of the signed/unsigned issues 
related to the function return value at once.

julia

> This is a general issue for the exception handling in several functions.
> Would you like to improve any more source code around it?
> 
> Regards,
> Markus
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