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SubjectRe: [patch] x86, UV: integer wrap bug in uv_hub_ipi_value()
On 11/20/2012 08:27 AM, Russ Anderson wrote:
>
> I very much agree. I prefer u32, u64 (etc) because they are
> unambiguous. It removes all doubt as to the actual meaning.
>
> Conversly, the fact that "long" has different meanings makes
> it at best problematic. Was the code written assuming "long"
> was 32 or 64 bits? Having data types that can have different
> sizes is just asking for trouble.
>

In the Linux kernel context, "long" effectively means the native size
(size_t/intptr_t/ptrdiff_t).

-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.



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