linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sparc: fix unknown type name u

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Message-Id: <20190613.141305.616954421778433913.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 13 Jun 2019 14:13:05 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com
Cc:     sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sparc: fix unknown type name u_int in uapi header

From: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Date: Tue,  4 Jun 2019 17:23:14 +0900

> 'u_int' is a shorthand that is only available in the kernel space
> because it is defined in include/linux/types.h, which is not exported
> to the user space.
> 
> You cannot use it in uapi headers even if you include <linux/types.h>
> 
> Detected by compile-testing exported headers.
> 
> ./usr/include/asm/openpromio.h:16:2: error: unknown type name ‘u_int’
>   u_int oprom_size;  /* Actual size of the oprom_array. */
>   ^~~~~
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>

Applied.