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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>,
	Lihao Liang <lianglihao@huawei.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@nexb.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] types: use fixed width types without double-underscore prefix
Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 15:59:25 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180515155925.9c16962e2b416e5f507c07b1@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1526350925-14922-3-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>

On Tue, 15 May 2018 11:22:05 +0900 Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> wrote:

> This header file is not exported.  It is safe to reference types
> without double-underscore prefix.
> 

It may be safe to do this, but why is it desirable?

> index be15897..9834e90 100644
> --- a/include/linux/types.h
> +++ b/include/linux/types.h
> @@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
>  #define DECLARE_BITMAP(name,bits) \
>  	unsigned long name[BITS_TO_LONGS(bits)]
>  
> -typedef __u32 __kernel_dev_t;
> +typedef u32 __kernel_dev_t;
>
> ...
>

  reply	other threads:[~2018-05-15 22:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-05-15  2:22 [PATCH 1/3] int-ll64.h: define u{8,16,32,64} and s{8,16,32,64} based on uapi header Masahiro Yamada
2018-05-15  2:22 ` [PATCH 2/3] types: define aligned_ types " Masahiro Yamada
2018-05-15  2:22 ` [PATCH 3/3] types: use fixed width types without double-underscore prefix Masahiro Yamada
2018-05-15 22:59   ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2018-05-16  1:07     ` Masahiro Yamada
2018-05-16  6:26       ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-16  6:59         ` Masahiro Yamada
2018-05-16  7:52           ` Greg Kroah-Hartman

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