From: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>
To: "Thomas Weißschuh" <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>,
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
"Jason Wang" <jasowang@redhat.com>,
"Xuan Zhuo" <xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com>,
"Eugenio Pérez" <eperezma@redhat.com>
Cc: virtualization@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio: uapi: avoid usage of libc types
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 09:46:14 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <24d6eb84-acce-4316-a650-52e30cb3f5f1@app.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251222-uapi-virtio-v1-1-29390f87bcad@linutronix.de>
On Mon, Dec 22, 2025, at 09:00, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> Using libc types and headers from the UAPI headers is problematic as it
> introduces a dependency on a full C toolchain.
>
> On Linux 'unsigned long' works as a replacement for 'uintptr_t' and does
> not depend on libc.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-22 8:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-22 8:00 Thomas Weißschuh
2025-12-22 8:39 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-12-22 10:22 ` Thomas Weißschuh
2025-12-22 10:28 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-12-22 10:43 ` Thomas Weißschuh
2025-12-22 22:18 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-12-23 7:10 ` Thomas Weißschuh
2025-12-22 8:46 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
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