Re: [PATCH 3/4] netfilter: ipv4: use preferred kernel types

[Tom Herbert]

On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 11:41 AM, David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: David Laight <David.Laight@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 16:37:41 +0000
>
>> From: Lucas Tanure
>>> Sent: 30 January 2016 13:18
>>> As suggested by checkpatch.pl:
>>> CHECK: Prefer kernel type 'uX' over 'uintX_t'
>>
>> One might ask why?
>
> We have consistently done this, and consistency is enough of an
> argument.

Also, uintX_t is verbose and does not add anything to readability.