The patch titled
Subject: linux/types.h: remove prehistoric ifndefs
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
linux-typesh-remove-prehistoric-ifndefs.patch
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http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/linux-typesh-remove-prehistoric-ifndefs.patch
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From: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: linux/types.h: remove prehistoric ifndefs
Whatever the "historical reasons" were back around 1996 when this comment
was added,
git grep -E '\b_(S?SIZE|TIME|CLOCK|PTRDIFF|CADDR)_T\b'
seems to say that they are no longer relevant. Relieve the
preprocessor from a little work.
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/types.h | 27 ---------------------------
1 file changed, 27 deletions(-)
diff -puN include/linux/types.h~linux-typesh-remove-prehistoric-ifndefs include/linux/types.h
--- a/include/linux/types.h~linux-typesh-remove-prehistoric-ifndefs
+++ a/include/linux/types.h
@@ -45,39 +45,12 @@ typedef __kernel_old_gid_t old_gid_t;
typedef __kernel_loff_t loff_t;
#endif
-/*
- * The following typedefs are also protected by individual ifdefs for
- * historical reasons:
- */
-#ifndef _SIZE_T
-#define _SIZE_T
typedef __kernel_size_t size_t;
-#endif
-
-#ifndef _SSIZE_T
-#define _SSIZE_T
typedef __kernel_ssize_t ssize_t;
-#endif
-
-#ifndef _PTRDIFF_T
-#define _PTRDIFF_T
typedef __kernel_ptrdiff_t ptrdiff_t;
-#endif
-
-#ifndef _TIME_T
-#define _TIME_T
typedef __kernel_time_t time_t;
-#endif
-
-#ifndef _CLOCK_T
-#define _CLOCK_T
typedef __kernel_clock_t clock_t;
-#endif
-
-#ifndef _CADDR_T
-#define _CADDR_T
typedef __kernel_caddr_t caddr_t;
-#endif
/* bsd */
typedef unsigned char u_char;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
linux-slabh-fix-three-off-by-one-typos-in-comment.patch
mm-only-define-hashdist-variable-when-needed.patch
linux-typesh-remove-prehistoric-ifndefs.patch
__bitmap_parselist-fix-bug-in-empty-string-handling.patch
lib-sort-add-64-bit-swap-function.patch
lib-sort-add-64-bit-swap-function-v2.patch
lib-sort-add-64-bit-swap-function-v2-fix.patch
lib-string-introduce-strreplace.patch
kernel-trace-trace_events_filterc-use-strreplace.patch
blktrace-use-strreplace-in-do_blk_trace_setup.patch
lib-kobjectc-use-strreplace.patch
drivers-base-corec-use-strreplace.patch
drivers-md-mdc-use-strreplace.patch
fs-jbd2-journalc-use-strreplace.patch
fs-ext4-superc-use-strreplace-in-ext4_fill_super.patch
checkpatch-avoid-not_unified_diff-errors-on-cover-letterpatch-files.patch
linux-next.patch
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