* Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I cannot see how the binary representation could ever change from > > this. (and that is all that an ABI is about - it is an application > > Binary interface. I.e. there's no ABI breakage.) > > Yes, the bits are the same, but that doesn't mean the types are the > same. And we do export type definitions. > > I once wanted to change the ppc32 size_t definition from unsigned int to > unsigned long to match up with ppc64. That caused more pain than it was > worth because of exactly this issue (and also because gcc has fixed > ideas about size_t) so I abandoned it. That's why I'm cautious about > changing user-visible types. I'm not saying we can't do it, I'm saying > we shouldn't do it unilaterally. okay, so what's the timeline to double check those details and to get this fix upstream? Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-next" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
