From: me@tobin.cc (Tobin C. Harding)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: generic memory addresses
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2017 10:31:01 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170406003101.GH18834@eros> (raw)
Why is there code in-tree that declares generic memory addresses as
unsigned int?
Linux Device Drivers 3rd Edition page 289
Therefore, generic memory addresses in the kernel are usually unsigned
long, exploiting the fact that pointers and long integers are always
the same size, at least on all the platforms currently supported by
Linux.
It would therefore seem like a bug to declare a generic memory address
as an unsigned int in code that can run on 64 bit machines.
What is the explanation for such declarations in the kernel please?
$ cd KERNEL_TREE
$ git grep 'unsigned int addr' | wc -l
556
thanks,
Tobin.
next reply other threads:[~2017-04-06 0:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-04-06 0:31 Tobin C. Harding [this message]
2017-04-06 6:08 ` generic memory addresses Greg KH
2017-04-06 10:11 ` Tobin C. Harding
2017-04-06 16:59 ` Greg KH
2017-04-06 22:02 ` Tobin C. Harding
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