Re: [PATCH] kbuild: auto-convert size types in userspace headers

H. Peter Anvin
2008-12-29T23:36:00Z

Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 06:12:33AM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> Rather than constantly fixing up size type breakage in userspace headers,
>> auto convert the types u_intXX_t, uintXX_t, intXX_t, uXX, and sXX to the
>> appropriate __uXX or __sXX type.
>
> Is this the right thing to do?
> uintXX_t belongs to a namespace that the kernel should not use.
>
> So being restrictive here would be better I think.

That's the whole point right here.

All of these types can be -- and are -- used by the kernel internally,
but should only be exported as __uXX or __sXX.

This is the auto-conversion idea I brought up earlier.

-hpa

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