netdev - Re: [net-next][PATCH] RDS: keep data type consistent in the user visible header

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Date:   Mon, 20 Feb 2017 10:19:51 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next][PATCH] RDS: keep data type consistent in the user
 visible header

From: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 19:15:47 -0800

> From: Santosh Shilimkar <ssantosh@...nel.org>
> 
> rds.h is exported to /usr/include/rds.h,  so u8, u64 leads to
> errors like below.
> 
> /usr/include/linux/rds.h:197: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before 'u8'
> /usr/include/linux/rds.h:202: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before 'u8'
> 
> Fix it by following same types as rest of the user header.
> 
> Reported-by: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Santosh Shilimkar <ssantosh.shilimkar@...cle.org>

The correct fix it to use "__u8", "__u64", etc.