linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/9] iio: adc: ad_sigma_delta: use u8 instead of uint8

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Message-ID: <aFj5eEvn2uw_HSl0@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 09:51:36 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
To: David Lechner <dlechner@...libre.com>
Cc: Michael Hennerich <Michael.Hennerich@...log.com>,
	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
	Nuno Sá <nuno.sa@...log.com>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] iio: adc: ad_sigma_delta: use u8 instead of uint8_t

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 05:20:08PM -0500, David Lechner wrote:
> Replace uint8_t with u8 in the ad_sigma_delta driver.
> 
> Technically, uint8_t comes from the C standard library, while u8 is a
> Linux kernel type. Since we don't use the C standard library in the
> kernel, we should use the kernel types instead.

...

>  	unsigned int reset_length = sigma_delta->info->num_resetclks;
> -	uint8_t *buf;
> +	u8 *buf;
>  	unsigned int size;
>  	int ret;

Wondering if in the cases like this we may make it to be reversed xmas tree.

	unsigned int reset_length = sigma_delta->info->num_resetclks;
	unsigned int size;
	u8 *buf;
	int ret;

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko