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

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Message-ID: <5676A399.4080007@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:	Sun, 20 Dec 2015 13:48:25 +0100
From:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
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

>> 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?


> 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?

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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