Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762888AbXHFRla (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Aug 2007 13:41:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753626AbXHFRlX (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Aug 2007 13:41:23 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:40019 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752656AbXHFRlW (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Aug 2007 13:41:22 -0400 Message-ID: <46B75D3B.6080101@zytor.com> Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:41:15 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070419) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Olaf Hering CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Michael Matz Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove strict ansi check from __u64 in asm/types.h References: <20070806172331.GA8102@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <20070806172331.GA8102@suse.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 607 Lines: 18 Olaf Hering wrote: > > Remove the __STRICT_ANSI__ check from the __u64/__s64 declaration on > 32bit targets. > > Here is the reason why we think the check should be relaxed: > I think the fact that "long long" was made official C in C99 is good enough. Flagging them as __extension__ is okay, I guess, but something like this should definitely go in. -hpa - 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/