linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] badblocks: Prefer unsigned int over unsigned

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Message-ID: <20190224153712.GA11981@bharath12345-Inspiron-5559>
Date:   Sun, 24 Feb 2019 21:07:12 +0530
From:   Bharath Vedartham <linux.bhar@...il.com>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] badblocks: Prefer unsigned int over unsigned

On Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 08:15:30AM -0700, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 2/24/19 7:19 AM, Bharath Vedartham wrote:
> > Replace unsigned with unsigned int to improve readability.
> 
> Frivolous change, would make a lot more sense to get checkpatch
> to stop complaining about this.
> 
> -- 
> Jens Axboe
>
I understand. I am starting out kernel hacking. I have been working on
fixing checkpatch.pl warnings. If you have any tasks for me in the
kernel, it would be great.

I have also noticed a lot of warnings to replace printk with subsystem
specific warning functions. Is that a valuable change?

Bharath