On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 11:28:33AM +0200, Jens Taprogge wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:47:02AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > > +static int tpci200_get_clockrate(struct ipack_device *dev)
> > > +{
> > > + struct tpci200_board *tpci200 = check_slot(dev);
> > > + __le16 __iomem *addr;
> >
> > The point of the underscores in the __le16 is that you don't want to
> > pollute user space headers in glibc with a bunch of kernel typedefs.
> > It is not needed here. (Or if it is, then we would need to replace
> > the u16 uses as well).
>
> I was under the impression that "__le16" is used to indicate the
> byteorder of the pointed to memory. As far as I can see that
> information is lost when we use u16. Am I missing something?
>
Use the no-underscore version unless it's inside a header which is
exported to userspace.
le16 __iomem *addr;
regards,
dan carpenter
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