The patch titled Subject: linux/types.h: Always use unsigned long for pgoff_t has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is linux-typesh-always-use-unsigned-long-for-pgoff_t.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/linux-typesh-always-use-unsigned-long-for-pgoff_t.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/linux-typesh-always-use-unsigned-long-for-pgoff_t.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: linux/types.h: Always use unsigned long for pgoff_t Everybody uses unsigned long for pgoff_t, and no ever overrode the definition of pgoff_t. Keep it that way, and remove the option of overriding it. Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/types.h | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN include/linux/types.h~linux-typesh-always-use-unsigned-long-for-pgoff_t include/linux/types.h --- a/include/linux/types.h~linux-typesh-always-use-unsigned-long-for-pgoff_t +++ a/include/linux/types.h @@ -135,12 +135,9 @@ typedef unsigned long blkcnt_t; #endif /* - * The type of an index into the pagecache. Use a #define so asm/types.h - * can override it. + * The type of an index into the pagecache. */ -#ifndef pgoff_t #define pgoff_t unsigned long -#endif /* A dma_addr_t can hold any valid DMA or bus address for the platform */ #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_DMA_ADDR_T_64BIT _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are m68k-drop-_page_file-and-pte_file-related-helpers.patch all-arches-signal-move-restart_block-to-struct-task_struct.patch linux-typesh-always-use-unsigned-long-for-pgoff_t.patch fs-affs-fix-casting-in-printed-messages.patch linux-next.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html