linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] netfilter: ipv4: use preferred kernel types

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Date:	Mon, 1 Feb 2016 12:04:28 -0800
From:	Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>, tanure@...ux.com,
	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu>,
	Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>,
	coreteam@...filter.org,
	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] netfilter: ipv4: use preferred kernel types

On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 11:41 AM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 16:37:41 +0000
>
>> From: Lucas Tanure
>>> Sent: 30 January 2016 13:18
>>> As suggested by checkpatch.pl:
>>> CHECK: Prefer kernel type 'uX' over 'uintX_t'
>>
>> One might ask why?
>
> We have consistently done this, and consistency is enough of an
> argument.

Also, uintX_t is verbose and does not add anything to readability.