Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 20 Jan 2014 09:52:03 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/8] Update kernel uabi header files for x32 |
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On 01/20/2014 09:50 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 09:46:41AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> This comment by Christoph was literally the only feedback on this >> patchset. The definition of __kernel_[u]long_t is "the size of 'long' >> for the native kernel for the ABI". H.J.'s patchset only affects x86 >> (specifically x86-64) since on all other platforms __kernel_[u]long_t is >> simply defined as long/unsigned long. > > Btw, sorry for the delay in getting back yo your question. How about > __abi_long_t or __kabi_long_t instead? >
__kernel_* is the namespace that we reserve for uabi symbols/types in user space. Changing the prefix would break that contract.
-hpa
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