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

[Alasdair G Kergon]

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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