linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bpf: btf: include linux/types.h for u32

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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 09:26:03 +0300
From: Dmitrii Bundin <dmitrii.bundin.a@...il.com>
To: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <olsajiri@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org, 
	haoluo@...gle.com, sdf@...gle.com, kpsingh@...nel.org, 
	john.fastabend@...il.com, yonghong.song@...ux.dev, song@...nel.org, 
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] bpf: btf: include linux/types.h for u32

On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 5:47 PM Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net> wrote:
> Please add the error description as motivation aka "why" into the commit
> description, otherwise it's not really obvious looking at it at a later
> point in time why the include was needed.

Doesn't the comment /* for u32 */ following the include explain the
purpose? I thought the include was actually missing since relying on
indirect declaration of u32 is relatively fragile.