Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S966986Ab2EQXcJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 May 2012 19:32:09 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:38498 "EHLO mail.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965781Ab2EQXcH (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 May 2012 19:32:07 -0400 Message-ID: <4FB58A6A.6020601@zytor.com> Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 16:31:54 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:11.0) Gecko/20120329 Thunderbird/11.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Daney CC: "H.J. Lu" , Ralf Baechle , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, mingo@kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/10] Use __kernel_[u]long_t for x32 user space compatibility References: <1337292816-10839-1-git-send-email-hjl.tools@gmail.com> <4FB584C0.6080807@gmail.com> <4FB585B8.2010607@zytor.com> <4FB58901.5060604@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4FB58901.5060604@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 777 Lines: 24 On 05/17/2012 04:25 PM, David Daney wrote: >> >> Do you have any basis whatsoever for that statement? > > You should have asked for a 'solid basis'. > > My basis is that the name '__kernel_ulong_t' implies, in my mind, that > it would have the width of a kernel unsigned long. The namespace __kernel_* doesn't mean "as used in the kernel" but rather "exported by the kernel". But yes, see also Linus' criticism. -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf. -- 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/