Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:43:51 +0100
From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: auto-convert size types in userspace headers
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On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 03:35:45PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 06:12:33AM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> >> Rather than constantly fixing up size type breakage in userspace headers,
> >> auto convert the types u_intXX_t, uintXX_t, intXX_t, uXX, and sXX to the
> >> appropriate __uXX or __sXX type.
> > 
> > Is this the right thing to do?
> > uintXX_t belongs to a namespace that the kernel should not use.
> > 
> > So being restrictive here would be better I think.
> 
> That's the whole point right here.
> 
> All of these types can be -- and are -- used by the kernel internally,
> but should only be exported as __uXX or __sXX.
> 
> This is the auto-conversion idea I brought up earlier.

So the patch from Mike has your "Acked-by"?

	Sam
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