[PATCH v2] linux/types.h: always export 64bit aligned defines

From: Mike Frysinger
Date: Fri Jan 02 2009 - 03:39:34 EST


Some kernel headers exported to userspace rely on these 64bit aligned
defines. However, they are hidden behind __KERNEL_STRICT_NAMES at the
moment which means most of the time, they're never actually available.
These these defines dont actually conflict with normal userspace / C
library types, there's no reason to hide them behind the
__KERNEL_STRICT_NAMES define.

Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v1
- update after the net tree merge which broke previous patch

include/linux/types.h | 10 +++++-----
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/types.h b/include/linux/types.h
index 121f349..7c0601b 100644
--- a/include/linux/types.h
+++ b/include/linux/types.h
@@ -125,11 +125,6 @@ typedef __u64 u_int64_t;
typedef __s64 int64_t;
#endif

-/* this is a special 64bit data type that is 8-byte aligned */
-#define aligned_u64 __u64 __attribute__((aligned(8)))
-#define aligned_be64 __be64 __attribute__((aligned(8)))
-#define aligned_le64 __le64 __attribute__((aligned(8)))
-
/**
* The type used for indexing onto a disc or disc partition.
*
@@ -156,6 +151,11 @@ typedef unsigned long blkcnt_t;

#endif /* __KERNEL_STRICT_NAMES */

+/* this is a special 64bit data type that is 8-byte aligned */
+#define aligned_u64 __u64 __attribute__((aligned(8)))
+#define aligned_be64 __be64 __attribute__((aligned(8)))
+#define aligned_le64 __le64 __attribute__((aligned(8)))
+
/*
* Below are truly Linux-specific types that should never collide with
* any application/library that wants linux/types.h.
--
1.6.0.6

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