Re: [patch] fix up generic csum_ipv6_magic function prototype

From: Al Viro
Date: Thu Nov 09 2006 - 02:25:06 EST


On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 11:00:59PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: "Chen, Kenneth W" <kenneth.w.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 18:02:06 -0800
>
> > The generic version of csum_ipv6_magic has the len argument declared as
> > __u16, while most arch dependent version declare it as __u32. After
> > looking at the call site of this function, I come up to a conclusion
> > that __u32 is a better match with the actual usage.
> >
> > Hence, patch to change argument type for greater consistency.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ken Chen <kenneth.w.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Architecture implementations such as the ones for m32r and parisc have
> the same problem, so "for consistency" please fix them up as well.
>
> Thanks a lot.

Please, hold. One of the patches in my queue gets sanitized prototypes
for all that stuff and it'll conflict like crazy.

I haven't touch that argument yet; if there's an agreement as to what should
we switch to, I'll do that. So... does everyone agree that u32 is the way
to go?
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