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Re: [net-next][PATCH] RDS: keep data type consistent in the user visible header

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From: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@oracle.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 10:37:22 -0500

> On (02/20/17 10:19), David Miller wrote:
>> 
>> The correct fix it to use "__u8", "__u64", etc.
> 
> So the rest of rds.h uses uint8_t, uint32_t etc 
> Perhaps (I'm not sure of the origins) this was because
> of the shared OpenIB.org BSD license etc using __u8 in
> one place and uint8_t in another would seem inconsistent,
> at the very least.

The entire file should use the proper "__uX" kernel types
rather than the uint* ones.

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[net-next][PATCH] RDS: keep data type consistent in the user visible header Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@oracle.com> - 2017-02-18 04:20 +0100
  Re: [net-next][PATCH] RDS: keep data type consistent in the user  visible header David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2017-02-20 16:30 +0100
    Re: [net-next][PATCH] RDS: keep data type consistent in the user  visible header Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@oracle.com> - 2017-02-20 16:40 +0100
      Re: [net-next][PATCH] RDS: keep data type consistent in the user  visible header David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2017-02-20 16:40 +0100
        RE: [net-next][PATCH] RDS: keep data type consistent in the user  visible header David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM> - 2017-02-21 15:40 +0100
          Re: [net-next][PATCH] RDS: keep data type consistent in the user  visible header "santosh.shilimkar@oracle.com" <santosh.shilimkar@oracle.com> - 2017-02-21 16:00 +0100
          Re: [net-next][PATCH] RDS: keep data type consistent in the user  visible header Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com> - 2017-02-21 16:00 +0100

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