Hi! > > This changes the __u64 and __s64 in userspace on 64bit platforms from > > long long (unsigned) int to just long (unsigned) int in order to match > > the uint64_t and int64_t size in userspace for C code. > > > > We cannot make the change for C++ since that would be non-backwards > > compatible change and may cause possible regressions and even > > compilation failures, e.g. overloaded function may no longer find a > > correct match. > > Isn't is enough just to mention C++ name mangling? I just picked up the argument that was brought up in the discussion about the v1 patch and used it as a concrete example. Mangling is I guess more straightforward example of a breakage. I can change the description if there is consensus that such description would be better. -- Cyril Hrubis chrubis@xxxxxxx
