From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Mika Kukkonen <mika@osdl.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: MIPS defines __kernel_uid_t as int?
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 02:59:45 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040708005945.GA17133@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1089223996.20452.31.camel@miku.mobile.lnx.nokia.com>
On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 11:13:16AM -0700, Mika Kukkonen wrote:
> I was doing
> $ grep __kernel_uid_t include/*/posix_types.h
>
> and noticed that MIPS is the only architecture that
> defines that to be signed (int) and not unsigned?
>
> Same with __kernel_uid32_t. Is this intentional
> deviation or just an oversight?
Intentional but with a really weak reason. Linux/MIPS uses the same
type definitions as SysV rsp. the MIPS ABI in it's EFT (Extended
Fundamental Types). Not a great idea in retroperspective but that's a
choice made 10 years ago.
I don't think we'd break anything by changing this. Objections to
changing it?
Ralf
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