Re: [PATCH v06 33/36] uapi linux/fsmap.h: use __kernel_size_t instead of size_t

[Darrick J. Wong]

On Sun, Aug 06, 2017 at 06:44:24PM +0200, Mikko Rapeli wrote:
> Fixes user space compilation error:
> 
> linux/fsmap.h:71:19: error: unknown type name âsize_tâ
>  static __inline__ size_t
>                    ^~~~~~
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/fsmap.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fsmap.h b/include/uapi/linux/fsmap.h
> index 7e8e5f0bd6d2..99600bbed6b6 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/fsmap.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/fsmap.h
> @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ struct fsmap_head {
>  };
>  
>  /* Size of an fsmap_head with room for nr records. */
> -static inline size_t
> +static inline __kernel_size_t

This is a static inline helper to assist in malloc calls.  We don't pass
size_t to the kernel, so why is this necessary over, say,

#include <sys/types.h>

--D

>  fsmap_sizeof(
>  	unsigned int	nr)
>  {
> -- 
> 2.13.3
>