On Mon, 5 Jul 2021 11:41:57 +0200 Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: [snip] > > Completely inaccurate checks with the lib directory of the > kvm-unit-tests: > > $ grep -r u64 lib/ | wc -l > 234 > $ grep -r uint64 lib/ | wc -l > 245 > > $ grep -r u8 lib/ | wc -l > 137 > $ grep -r uint8 lib/ | wc -l > 193 > > ... I guess that's an indication that we do not really have a > prevailing style here? > I personally prefer the stdint.h types, I'm just not sure whether it > makes sense to keep some headers close to the kernel or not...? > > Thomas > I agree, the project as a whole needs to decide the policy regarding stdint.h types. Do we want them always? only for stuff that doesn't need synchronization with the kernel? or maybe we just don't care? I don't care which way we go, but I think we need to decide on one way to go.
