Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751016AbWCZSdf (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Mar 2006 13:33:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750855AbWCZSde (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Mar 2006 13:33:34 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:54954 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750859AbWCZSde (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Mar 2006 13:33:34 -0500 Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/2] KABI example conversion and cleanup From: Arjan van de Ven To: Avi Kivity Cc: Kyle Moffett , nix@esperi.org.uk, rob@landley.net, mmazur@kernel.pl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, llh-discuss@lists.pld-linux.org In-Reply-To: <4426D609.2050700@argo.co.il> References: <200603141619.36609.mmazur@kernel.pl> <200603231811.26546.mmazur@kernel.pl> <200603241623.49861.rob@landley.net> <878xqzpl8g.fsf@hades.wkstn.nix> <20060326065205.d691539c.mrmacman_g4@mac.com> <1143376008.3064.0.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <4426974D.8040309@argo.co.il> <25A7D808-9900-4035-BEB3-A782C5EF8EF4@mac.com> <4426CE5F.5070201@argo.co.il> <1143394195.3055.1.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <4426D609.2050700@argo.co.il> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:32:17 +0200 Message-Id: <1143397937.3055.17.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 787 Lines: 19 \ > This is true for a small enough application. But things grow, libraries > are added, and includes keep pulling other includes in. Sooner or later > you'll have a collision. > > The problem is things like u64 etc that is VERY common in all headers, > > but then again __u64 etc are just fine, history has proven that already. > > > Agree. But to be on the safe side one can use uint64_t and friends > (which the kernel can typedef to u64 and first degree relatives) actually uint64_t is a bigger namespace pollution than __u64 ;) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/