linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/7] random: cleanup integer types

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Date:   Sun, 16 Jan 2022 14:24:45 +0100
From:   Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
To:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tytso@....edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] random: cleanup integer types

Am Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 04:44:08PM +0100 schrieb Jason A. Donenfeld:
> Rather than using the userspace type, __uXX, switch to using uXX. And
> rather than using variously chosen `char *` or `unsigned char *`, use
> `u8 *` uniformly for things that aren't strings, in the case where we
> are doing byte-by-byte traversal.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com>

> -	unsigned short	reg_idx;
> -	unsigned char	count;
> +	u16		reg_idx;
> +	u8		count;

As you do not change other unsigned shorts to u16, and that change is
not explained in the changelog, please defer that to a separate patch.
Otherwise, feel free to add:

	Reviewed-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>

Thanks,
	Dominik