Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH v05 04/72] dm-log-userspace.h: use __u32, __s32 and __u64 from linux/types.h

From: Bart Van Assche
Date: Tue Aug 23 2016 - 10:28:26 EST


On 08/23/16 06:57, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On 08/22/16 11:32, Mikko Rapeli wrote:
>> - * uint32_t (*get_region_size)(struct dm_dirty_log *log);
>> + * __u32 (*get_region_size)(struct dm_dirty_log *log);
>
> uint32_t is a type that is defined by ANSI C but __u32 not. So this
> change looks wrong to me. Would it have been sufficient to add "#include
> <linux/types.h>" and keep the uint32_t etc. type names?

Answering my own question: adding "#include <linux/types.h>" wouldn't be
sufficient. How about adding the following code that also occurs in a
few other uapi header files?

#ifndef __KERNEL__
#include <stdint.h>
#endif
#include <linux/types.h>

Bart.