[dm-devel] Re: [RFC] device-mapper ioctl interface
Alasdair G Kergon
agk at uk.sistina.com
Fri Jun 6 14:54:01 UTC 2003
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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