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Re: [Xen-devel] size_t and printk and Xen
| To: | Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Xen-Devel (E-mail)" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [Xen-devel] size_t and printk and Xen |
| From: | Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:57:33 +0100 |
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On 12/10/08 18:44, "Dan Magenheimer" <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I'm no particular fan of size_t in hypervisor interfaces >> though. So, for >> example, switching xmalloc() interfaces to use unsigned int >> instead would be >> fine by me, and this would sidestep the issue perhaps? > > I think C99 size_t may have compile-time type-checking uses so > I'd be hesitant to remove it entirely. Can you give a concrete example of how it helps us to use it within the xmalloc interfaces? As far as I'm aware it's not useful at all, but I could certainly be wrong as this aspect of the C spec is not something I've ever really investigated. -- Keir _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel |
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