From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 12 Jun 2002 16:45:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 12 Jun 2002 16:45:10 -0400 Received: from dell-paw-3.cambridge.redhat.com ([195.224.55.237]:64754 "EHLO passion.cambridge.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 12 Jun 2002 16:45:09 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.4 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 From: David Woodhouse X-Accept-Language: en_GB In-Reply-To: <15623.44235.134423.210640@wombat.chubb.wattle.id.au> To: Peter Chubb Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH, TRIVIAL] Fix argument of BLKGETSIZE64 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 21:45:04 +0100 Message-ID: <29395.1023914704@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org peter@chubb.wattle.id.au said: > The header in question *defines* the kernel to userspace interface. > As such it is a kernel issue. Any interface exposed to userspace must > use types that are common to userspace and the kernel. u64 is kernel > only, therefore has no business being used in an ioctl declaration. Consider it documentation. Implement it. Don't include it. -- dwmw2