From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64B01C433EF for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2022 13:04:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1349807AbiFUNEM convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Jun 2022 09:04:12 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:35728 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1349871AbiFUNEL (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Jun 2022 09:04:11 -0400 Received: from eu-smtp-delivery-151.mimecast.com (eu-smtp-delivery-151.mimecast.com [185.58.85.151]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C682521E2B for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2022 06:04:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from AcuMS.aculab.com (156.67.243.121 [156.67.243.121]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384) id uk-mta-12-D7su6iPqNO-F5Tx2uXwdog-1; Tue, 21 Jun 2022 14:04:05 +0100 X-MC-Unique: D7su6iPqNO-F5Tx2uXwdog-1 Received: from AcuMS.Aculab.com (fd9f:af1c:a25b:0:994c:f5c2:35d6:9b65) by AcuMS.aculab.com (fd9f:af1c:a25b:0:994c:f5c2:35d6:9b65) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.1497.36; Tue, 21 Jun 2022 14:04:04 +0100 Received: from AcuMS.Aculab.com ([fe80::994c:f5c2:35d6:9b65]) by AcuMS.aculab.com ([fe80::994c:f5c2:35d6:9b65%12]) with mapi id 15.00.1497.036; Tue, 21 Jun 2022 14:04:04 +0100 From: David Laight To: 'Cyril Hrubis' , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" CC: "linux-arch@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-api@vger.kernel.org" , "libc-alpha@sourceware.org" , "arnd@arndb.de" , "ltp@lists.linux.it" , "zack@owlfolio.org" , "dhowells@redhat.com" Subject: RE: [PATCH v3] uapi: Make __{u,s}64 match {u,}int64_t in userspace Thread-Topic: [PATCH v3] uapi: Make __{u,s}64 match {u,}int64_t in userspace Thread-Index: AQHYhWa4Wwgq8v8s30aZYtCosiJuGq1Z063Q Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 13:04:04 +0000 Message-ID: References: <20220621120355.2903-1-chrubis@suse.cz> In-Reply-To: <20220621120355.2903-1-chrubis@suse.cz> Accept-Language: en-GB, en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-ms-exchange-transport-fromentityheader: Hosted x-originating-ip: [10.202.205.107] MIME-Version: 1.0 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=C51A453 smtp.mailfrom=david.laight@aculab.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: aculab.com Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-api@vger.kernel.org From: Cyril Hrubis > Sent: 21 June 2022 13:04 > > This changes the __u64 and __s64 in userspace on 64bit platforms from > long long (unsigned) int to just long (unsigned) int in order to match > the uint64_t and int64_t size in userspace for C code. > > We cannot make the change for C++ since that would be non-backwards > compatible change and may cause possible regressions and even > compilation failures, e.g. overloaded function may no longer find a > correct match. Isn't is enough just to mention C++ name mangling? David - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)