Re: [PATCH 0/8] Update kernel uabi header files for x32

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 01/20/2014 09:51 AM, H.J. Lu wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:50 AM, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 09:46:41AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>> This comment by Christoph was literally the only feedback on this
>>> patchset.  The definition of __kernel_[u]long_t is "the size of 'long'
>>> for the native kernel for the ABI".  H.J.'s patchset only affects x86
>>> (specifically x86-64) since on all other platforms __kernel_[u]long_t is
>>> simply defined as long/unsigned long.
>>
>> Btw, sorry for the delay in getting back yo your question.  How about
>> __abi_long_t or __kabi_long_t instead?
>>
> 
> FWIW, in glibc, we use __syscall_ulong_t/__syscall_ulong_t instead of
> __kernel_[u]long_t.
> 

Yes, but glibc defines its own headers and doesn't rely on the types
exported from the kernel.

We could rename them all, but that would *definitely* seem like breaking
the universe for no good reason.

	-hpa


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