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From: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 12:48:25 +0000
Subject: Re: [PATCH] posix-clock: Use an unsigned data type for a variable
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To: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>

>> Reuse the type from this poll call instead.
> 
> Why use uint when the function return type it unsigned int?

Do you prefer to express the type modifier once more there?


> On the other hand, why is the function return type unsigned int
> when there is a return of a negative constant?

This implementation detail can trigger further software development
considerations, can't it?

This is a general issue for the exception handling in several functions.
Would you like to improve any more source code around it?

Regards,
Markus