>> Reuse the type from this poll call instead. > > Why use uint when the function return type it unsigned int? Do you prefer to express the type modifier once more there? > On the other hand, why is the function return type unsigned int > when there is a return of a negative constant? This implementation detail can trigger further software development considerations, can't it? This is a general issue for the exception handling in several functions. Would you like to improve any more source code around it? Regards, Markus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html