linux-kernel - Re: + include-linux-typesh-use-unsigned-int-instead-of-unsigned.patch added to -mm tree

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Date:   Fri, 1 Mar 2019 00:11:26 +0300
From:   Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com,
        wang.bo116@....com.cn, wdjjwb@....com
Subject: Re: +
 include-linux-typesh-use-unsigned-int-instead-of-unsigned.patch added to -mm
 tree

On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 09:41:09AM -0800, akpm@...ux-foundation.org wrote:
> --- a/include/linux/types.h~include-linux-typesh-use-unsigned-int-instead-of-unsigned
> +++ a/include/linux/types.h
> @@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ typedef u64 dma_addr_t;
>  typedef u32 dma_addr_t;
>  #endif
>  
> -typedef unsigned __bitwise gfp_t;
> -typedef unsigned __bitwise slab_flags_t;
> -typedef unsigned __bitwise fmode_t;
> +typedef unsigned int __bitwise gfp_t;
> +typedef unsigned int __bitwise slab_flags_t;
> +typedef unsigned int __bitwise fmode_t;

I don't know if this is desireable. Switching to "unsigned" is better:
1 less token and less 80 column pressure.