Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 6 Jun 2003 20:53:08 +0100 | From | Alasdair G Kergon <> | Subject | Re: [dm-devel] Re: [RFC] device-mapper ioctl interface |
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On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 10:17:00AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > Minor comment: > - please do not use uint_32t types in kernel header files. Use > the proper __u32 type which is guarenteed to be the proper > size across the user/kernel boundry.
So is uint32_t:
linux/types.h: typedef __u32 uint32_t;
I think this comment is about style conformity i.e. most linux kernel developers avoid these (not-so-)new and more-portable C99 types.
Alasdair -- agk@uk.sistina.com
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