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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 3/8] staging: wilc1000: replace int8_t with int
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On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 09:03:14PM +0900, Chaehyun Lim wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 7:34 PM, Sudip Mukherjee
> <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 04:48:44PM +0900, Chaehyun Lim wrote:
> >> This patch replaces int8_t with int. just use return type as int.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Chaehyun Lim <chaehyun.lim@gmail.com>
> >> ---
> > but isn't int8_t is defined as char?
> >
> 
> Even int8_t is defined as char, I think it's no problem to use int.
> Is it need to change as char?

No, you need to make it a u8 (or s8, depending on the usage).  Be very
careful when changing variable widths.

thanks,

greg k-h