Re: [PATCH 1/2] BDI: Provide backing device capability information

[Andrew Morton]

David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > >  So I should fold the two other bitfields back into the capabilities mask
> > >  and make it an unsigned long.
> > 
> > I suppose so.  Although unsigned int would be preferable.
> 
> Any particular reason? It's mixed in with other unsigned longs and pointers
> after all...

Just that it's the natural wordsize of the machine, and uses less storage.
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