Messages in this thread | | | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Date | Tue, 27 Aug 2019 19:29:52 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] RDMA/siw: Fix compiler warnings on 32-bit due to u64/pointer abuse |
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Hi David,
On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 4:17 PM David Laight <David.Laight@aculab.com> wrote: > From: Geert Uytterhoeven > > Sent: 19 August 2019 18:15 > ... > > > I think a cast to unsigned long is rather more common. > > > > > > uintptr_t is used ~1300 times in the kernel. > > > I believe a cast to unsigned long is much more common. > > > > That is true, as uintptr_t was introduced in C99. > > Similarly, unsigned long was used before size_t became common. > > > > However, nowadays size_t and uintptr_t are preferred. > > Isn't uintptr_t defined by the same standard as uint32_t?
I believe so.
> If the former is allowed so should the latter.
You mean the other way around?
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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