From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/14] staging: vt6656: 64 bit fixes : correct all type sizes
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:51:35 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121113215135.GA16020@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1352842218.8169.11.camel@user64-MCP7A>
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 09:30:18PM +0000, Malcolm Priestley wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-11-13 at 12:50 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 03:41:25PM +0000, Malcolm Priestley wrote:
> > > /****** Common pointer types ***********************************************/
> > >
> > > -typedef unsigned long ULONG_PTR; // 32-bit
> > > -typedef unsigned long DWORD_PTR; // 32-bit
> > > +typedef u32 ULONG_PTR;
> > > +typedef u32 DWORD_PTR;
> >
> > A pointer does not fit in u32 on all arches, only unsigned long works
> > here.
> >
> Hi
>
> The naming is misleading, they are not pointers.
Ah, but of course :)
> I have a upcoming patch to remove them.
Ok, that sounds good.
greg k-h
prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-13 21:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-11 15:41 [PATCH 08/14] staging: vt6656: 64 bit fixes : correct all type sizes Malcolm Priestley
2012-11-13 20:50 ` Greg KH
2012-11-13 20:50 ` Greg KH
2012-11-13 21:30 ` Malcolm Priestley
2012-11-13 21:51 ` Greg KH [this message]
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