Re: [dm-devel] Re: [RFC] device-mapper ioctl interface

From: Alasdair G Kergon (agk@uk.sistina.com)
Date: Fri Jun 06 2003 - 14:53:08 EST

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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

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