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

From	Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com>
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Subject	Re: [net-next][PATCH] RDS: keep data type consistent in the user visible header
Date	2017-02-21 16:00 +0100
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On 21/02/17 14:29, David Laight wrote:
>> The entire file should use the proper "__uX" kernel types
>> rather than the uint* ones.
> The uint* ones are part of the C standard :-)
>
> 	David
>
... which is exactly why we can't use them.

http://yarchive.net/comp/linux/kernel_headers.html#17

Visibility of <stdint.h> types is defined by a twisty maze of standards, all different (POSIX, SuS, BSD_SOURCE, XOPEN_SOURCE...).

__u8 and friends are in the reserved system namespace, so we can safely use them in user headers.

-Ed

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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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