Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 29 Nov 2004 10:37:33 +1100 | From | Paul Mackerras <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Splitting kernel headers and deprecating __KERNEL__ |
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Greg KH writes:
> The justification is that it doesn't properly describe the variable size > (think userspace 32 bit variable vs. kernelspace 32 bit variable.) We > need to stick with the proper __u32 type variables for data that crosses > the userspace/kernelspace boundry.
uint32_t is defined to be exactly 32 bits wide, so where's the problem in using it instead of __u32 in the headers that describe the user/kernel interface? (Ditto for uint{8,16,64}_t, of course.)
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