From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: auto-convert size types in userspace headers
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:03:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081229140356.GB7327@uranus.ravnborg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1230549153-31754-1-git-send-email-vapier@gentoo.org>
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 06:12:33AM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> Rather than constantly fixing up size type breakage in userspace headers,
> auto convert the types u_intXX_t, uintXX_t, intXX_t, uXX, and sXX to the
> appropriate __uXX or __sXX type.
Is this the right thing to do?
uintXX_t belongs to a namespace that the kernel should not use.
So being restrictive here would be better I think.
Sam
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-29 14:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-27 6:50 [PATCH] x86 byteorder.h: use __asm__/__inline__ for userspace Mike Frysinger
2008-12-27 7:12 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-12-27 7:55 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-12-27 8:47 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-12-27 9:21 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-12-27 18:57 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-12-27 18:58 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-12-27 19:12 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-12-27 19:15 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-12-27 19:21 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-12-27 19:23 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-12-27 20:05 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-12-27 20:45 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-12-27 20:57 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-12-27 21:08 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-12-27 21:09 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-12-29 11:56 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-12-29 17:44 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-12-27 19:24 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-12-27 19:24 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-12-29 11:12 ` [PATCH] kbuild: auto-convert size types in userspace headers Mike Frysinger
2008-12-29 14:03 ` Sam Ravnborg [this message]
2008-12-29 20:34 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-12-29 20:36 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-12-29 22:04 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-12-29 23:35 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-12-30 10:43 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-12-30 17:42 ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-01-18 20:53 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-01-07 16:44 ` [PATCH] x86 byteorder.h: use __asm__/__inline__ for userspace David Woodhouse
2008-12-27 21:15 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-12-28 22:35 ` Marcin Slusarz
2008-12-28 23:03 ` H. Peter Anvin
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