On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 08:37:02PM -0500, John Pittman wrote: > In quite a few files throughout the block layer, the bare 'unsigned' is > used rather than the preferred 'unsigned int'. Preferred by whom? > The issue was What is that "issue" and why is it a problem in the first place? > exposed by checkpatch.pl. Warnings encountered were: Oh, good - so presumably it does have some explanations beyond "The Most Holy checkpatch.pl Spake Unto Us"; could the esteemed sir share those with us?