linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: Change 'unsigned' to 'unsigned int' throughout block layer

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Message-ID: <1518661577.3678.44.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Wed, 14 Feb 2018 18:26:17 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
        John Pittman <jpittman@...hat.com>
Cc:     axboe@...nel.dk, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: Change 'unsigned' to 'unsigned int' throughout
 block layer

On Thu, 2018-02-15 at 02:13 +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 08:37:02PM -0500, John Pittman wrote:
> > In quite a few files throughout the block layer, the bare 'unsigned' is
> > used rather than the preferred 'unsigned int'.
> 
> Preferred by whom?

The kernel as a whole, ~12:1

> >  The issue was
> 
> What is that "issue" and why is it a problem in the first place?

it's not.

> Oh, good - so presumably it does have some explanations beyond "The Most Holy
> checkpatch.pl Spake Unto Us"; could the esteemed sir share those with us?

infidel...

;)