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From: Abramo Bagnara <abramo@alsa-project.org>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>,
	torvalds@transmeta.com,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: i386 cleanups
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 11:10:35 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3ADD5A0B.97A6AF9B@alsa-project.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010417232614.A4377@bug.ucw.cz> <3ADCCA57.2A354359@mandrakesoft.com>

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
> Pavel Machek wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > These are tiny cleanups you might like. sizes are "logically"
> > long. No, it does not matter on i386.
> >
> > processor.h makes INIT_TSS look much more readable. [Please tell me
> > applied or rejected]
> >
> >                                                         Pavel
> >
> > Index: include/asm-i386/posix_types.h
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file: /home/cvs/Repository/linux/include/asm-i386/posix_types.h,v
> > retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
> > diff -u -u -r1.1.1.1 posix_types.h
> > --- include/asm-i386/posix_types.h      2000/09/04 16:50:33     1.1.1.1
> > +++ include/asm-i386/posix_types.h      2001/02/13 13:49:18
> > @@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
> >  typedef unsigned short __kernel_ipc_pid_t;
> >  typedef unsigned short __kernel_uid_t;
> >  typedef unsigned short __kernel_gid_t;
> > -typedef unsigned int   __kernel_size_t;
> > -typedef int            __kernel_ssize_t;
> > -typedef int            __kernel_ptrdiff_t;
> > +typedef unsigned long  __kernel_size_t;
> > +typedef long           __kernel_ssize_t;
> > +typedef long           __kernel_ptrdiff_t;
> 
> If it doesn't matter on i386 why bother?

It helps with printf %-formats to avoid some arch specific warnings.


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It sounds good!

      reply	other threads:[~2001-04-18  9:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-04-17 21:26 i386 cleanups Pavel Machek
2001-04-17 21:46 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-04-18 22:02   ` Michael Meissner
2001-04-17 22:57 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-04-18  9:10   ` Abramo Bagnara [this message]

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