linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] RDMA/siw: Fix compiler warnings on 32-bit due to u64/pointer abuse

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Date:   Tue, 27 Aug 2019 14:17:40 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Geert Uytterhoeven' <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
CC:     Bernard Metzler <bmt@...ich.ibm.com>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        linux-rdma <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] RDMA/siw: Fix compiler warnings on 32-bit due to
 u64/pointer abuse

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
> Sent: 19 August 2019 18:15
...
> > I think a cast to unsigned long is rather more common.
> >
> > uintptr_t is used ~1300 times in the kernel.
> > I believe a cast to unsigned long is much more common.
> 
> That is true, as uintptr_t was introduced in C99.
> Similarly, unsigned long was used before size_t became common.
> 
> However, nowadays size_t and uintptr_t are preferred.

Isn't uintptr_t defined by the same standard as uint32_t?
If the former is allowed so should the latter.

	David

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