On 05/17/2012 04:25 PM, David Daney wrote: >> >> Do you have any basis whatsoever for that statement? > > You should have asked for a 'solid basis'. > > My basis is that the name '__kernel_ulong_t' implies, in my mind, that > it would have the width of a kernel unsigned long. The namespace __kernel_* doesn't mean "as used in the kernel" but rather "exported by the kernel". But yes, see also Linus' criticism. -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html