Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] new system call mknod64 | Date | 21 Apr 2003 18:32:04 -0700 |
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Followup to: <UTC200304220102.h3M126n06187.aeb@smtp.cwi.nl> By author: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Well, I have also done that of course. Both struct and u64 work well. > Since only kdev_t.h knows about the actual structure of kdev_t > it is very easy to switch. >
The main advantage with making it a struct is that it keep people from doing stupid stuff like (int)dev where dev is a kdev_t... There is all kinds of shit like that in the kernel...
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