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From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date:   Thu, 14 Mar 2019 11:41:26 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] lib/sort: Make swap functions more generic
To:     George Spelvin <lkml@sdf.org>
Cc:     13@sdf.org, Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
        Andrey Abramov <st5pub@yandex.ru>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
        Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@siemens.com>,
        Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>,
        Don Mullis <don.mullis@gmail.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
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Hi George,

On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 11:10 AM George Spelvin <lkml@sdf.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 09 Mar 2019 at 23:19:49 +0300, Andrey Abramov wrote:
> >> How about one of:
> >> swap_bytes / swap_ints / swap_longs
> >> swap_1 / swap_4 / swap_8
> >
> > longs are ambiguous, so I would prefer bit-sized types.
>
> I already implemented Andrey's suggestions, which were the exact
> opposite of yours.
>
> Pistols at dawn?

Prepared to fix all future long vs. int bugs?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

-- 
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

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