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

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Mon Dec 29 2008 - 09:02:31 EST


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.

Sam
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