[patch] miih: don't leak kernel types

[Robert Love]

On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 15:50 -0500, Robert Love wrote:

> The header <linux/ethtool.h> leaks the kernel types u32, et al types to
> user-space.  These types are defined in <asm/types.h> but only under
> __KERNEL__.
> 
> Attached patch switches to the __u32, et al types.

Same deal for <linux/mii.h>.

	Robert Love


don't leak the kernel uX types to user-space, use __uX in lieu

Signed-off-by: Robert Love <rml@xxxxxxxxxx>

 include/linux/mii.h |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff -urN linux-2.6.15/include/linux/mii.h linux/include/linux/mii.h
--- linux-2.6.15/include/linux/mii.h	2006-01-02 22:21:10.000000000 -0500
+++ linux/include/linux/mii.h	2006-01-03 15:59:39.000000000 -0500
@@ -171,10 +171,10 @@
 
 /* This structure is used in all SIOCxMIIxxx ioctl calls */
 struct mii_ioctl_data {
-	u16		phy_id;
-	u16		reg_num;
-	u16		val_in;
-	u16		val_out;
+	__u16		phy_id;
+	__u16		reg_num;
+	__u16		val_in;
+	__u16		val_out;
 };
 
 


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