netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] nsh: encapsulation module

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Date:	Thu, 11 Feb 2016 11:39:46 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	brussell@...cade.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] nsh: encapsulation module

From: Brian Russell <brussell@...cade.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 10:35:13 +0000

> +++ b/include/net/nsh.h
> +struct nsh_metadata {
> +	u_short class;
> +	u_char crit;
> +	u_char type;
> +	u_int len;  /* 4 byte words */
> +	void *data;

Do not use these shorthands, spell out "unsigned short" etc. explicitly.

But in these cases you should be using fixed sized types like "u16".

Also, in a header file such as this one which is private to the kernel
you should be using the variants of these types without the leading underscores.