Re: [patch 5/7] make netfilter use strict integer types

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Thursday 2009-02-26 00:51, arnd@arndb.de wrote:
> 
>> Netfilter traditionally uses BSD integer types in its
>> interface headers. This changes it to use the Linux
>> strict integer types, like everyone else.
> 
> I _strongly disagree_ with this move. Userspace also has the uintX
> types via <stdint.h>/<cstdint>, and now you are adding a dependency
> on linux/types.h, not to mention that your step can lead to compile
> time piling up.
> 
> IMHO, __uXX should be replaced by uintX_t, but a move this great I
> will leave to future generations because there is just too much
> persisting opinions wrt. such proposal. As such I'd like to join
> and persist on my position and that uintX that we have should be kept.
> 
>> -	u_int8_t flags;
>> -	u_int8_t mask;
>> +	__u8 flags;
>> +	__u8 mask;

Not to mention the fact that the standard type is uint8_t, not u_int8_t 
as the file currently have, which makes it double broken.
	
	-hpa