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Tsirkin" To: Thomas =?iso-8859-1?Q?Wei=DFschuh?= Cc: Jason Wang , Xuan Zhuo , Eugenio =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=E9rez?= , virtualization@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio: uapi: avoid usage of libc types Message-ID: <20251222052818-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> References: <20251222-uapi-virtio-v1-1-29390f87bcad@linutronix.de> <20251222033807-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> <20251222111044-611cdccb-327c-4ed8-a75b-1a65aa353802@linutronix.de> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20251222111044-611cdccb-327c-4ed8-a75b-1a65aa353802@linutronix.de> On Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 11:22:16AM +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote: > On Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 03:39:12AM -0500, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 09:00:33AM +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote: > > > Using libc types and headers from the UAPI headers is problematic as it > > > introduces a dependency on a full C toolchain. > > > > > > On Linux 'unsigned long' works as a replacement for 'uintptr_t' and does > > > not depend on libc. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh > > > > > > are you fixing other uses of uintptr_t ? > > I am focussing on UAPI headers which include libc headers. > virtio_ring.h seems to be the only such header which uses uintptr_t. > There are a few other UAPI headers which reference uintptr_t, but only > in comments or macros. > > uintptr_t in regular kernel code is out of scope for me. > While it is iffy, it doesn't actually hurt. > > > Thomas And other uses of stdint.h?