Re: [PATCH] media: do not use C++ style comments in uapi headers
From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Sun Jun 09 2019 - 03:19:32 EST
Hi Joe,
On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 2:06 AM Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Perhaps a checkpatch change too:
>
> The first block updates unsigned only bitfields
> The second tests uapi definitions and suggests "__<kernel_types"
Good.
In addition,
"warn if __u8, __u16, __u32, __u64 are used outside of uapi/"
Lots of kernel-space headers use __u{8,16,32,64} instead of u{8,16,32,64}
just because developers often miss to understand when to use
the underscore-prefixed types.
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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada