Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH 3/5] lib: s390x: uv: Int type cleanup

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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.




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