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Re: [PATCH] xfs: kill __uint*_t and __int*_t

To: "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfs: kill __uint*_t and __int*_t
From: Felix Janda <felix.janda@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 23:07:49 +0200
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
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Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 08:35:00AM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 01:33:32AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > On Sun, Aug 07, 2016 at 07:38:35PM +0200, Felix Janda wrote:
> > > > Replace them by the more widely used uint*_t and int*_t.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Felix Janda <felix.janda@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > > This patch is essentially a global
> > > > 'sed -i "s/__\(u*\)int\([0-9]*\)_t/\1int\2_t/"'. The only other changes
> > > > are whitespace changes and removing the now unecessary type definitions.
> > > > 
> > > > Running 'sed "s/^.//"' on the patch might be useful for checking that
> > > > I didn't mess up the indentation.
> > > 
> > > If everyone is fine using (u)int*_t over s*/u* this looks good.  I'd
> > > have a slight preference for s*/u* as in the rest of the kernel, but
> > > either way getting rid of our crazy __ types is a good thing.
> > 
> > Don't really care that much. I'd prefer (marginally) to go with the
> > (u)int*_t types as userspace then doesn't need a set of typedefs in
> > the platform headers to support the kernel specific types in libxfs
> > code....
> 
> I don't mind moving from __uintXX_t to uintXX_t so long as the changes
> land in the kernel and xfsprogs at the same time.

When everyone is ok with the changes, I'll prepare patches for both of
them.

--Felix

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