Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 5 Sep 2003 15:16:04 -0600 | From | Erik Andersen <> | Subject | Re: kernel header separation |
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On Fri Sep 05, 2003 at 03:41:54PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 07:49:09PM -0600, Erik Andersen wrote: > > Header files intended for use by users should probably drop > > linux/types.h just include <stdint.h>,,, Then convert the > > types over to ISO C99 types. > > stdint.h is a userspace header. I suppose we could clone it for the > kernel, but I don't see any need to. > > > s/__u8/uint8_t/g > > s/__u16/uint16_t/g > > s/__u32/uint32_t/g > > s/__u64/uint64_t/g > > i think all these _t types are ugly ;-(
They may be ugly, but they are standardized and have very precise meanings defined by ISO C99, which is a very good thing for code interoperability...
-Erik
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