Re: [PATCH 13/20] inflate: (arch) kill silly zlib typedefs

[Willy Tarreau <willy@w.ods.org>]

On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 01:14:22PM -0800, Matt Mackall wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 10:05:15PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Matt Mackall wrote:
> > > inflate: remove legacy type definitions from callers
> > > 
> > > This replaces the legacy zlib typedefs and usage with kernel types in
> > > all the inflate users.
> > 
> > > -static ulg free_mem_ptr;
> > > -static ulg free_mem_ptr_end;
> > > +static u32 free_mem_ptr;
> > > +static u32 free_mem_ptr_end;
> > 
> > Bang, on 64-bit platforms...
> 
> That was quick.
> 
> Yes, this is broken on Alpha. The other 64-bit arches use proper pointers
> here. But I need to change all the arches to use the same pointer
> type, probably as patch 8.5 in the series.

But if it's a pointer why don't you declare them unsigned long then ?
C defines the long as the integer the right size to store a pointer.
u32 is just a 32 bits unsigned integer, which will not always do what
you're looking for. Having read the rest of the patch, I guess you can
also make the pointer (void *) and avoid a few casts later.

Regards,
Willy