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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Pranav Desai <contact.pranavdesai@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: replace uint with unsigned int
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 18:31:56 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026100619-putt-splinter-674d@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261006102846.170825-1-contact.pranavdesai@gmail.com>

On Tue, Oct 06, 2026 at 03:58:46PM +0530, Pranav Desai wrote:
> The Linux kernel coding style prefers the use of standard
> types like 'unsigned int' instead of the non-standard 'uint'.
> 
> Replace all occurrences of 'uint' with 'unsigned int' throughout
> the rtl8723bs driver to adhere to the coding style.

Shouldn't you pick the "real" variable instead?  Look at what these are
used for and only then if it really should be "unsigned int" can you
replace them, otherwise make it explicit like u8, u16, etc.

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2026-10-06 16:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-06 10:28 Pranav Desai
2026-10-06 16:31 ` Greg KH [this message]
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2026-01-25 18:59 Omer El Idrissi

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