On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Patrick McHardy <ka...@trash.net> wrote: > On 30.01, Lucas Tanure wrote: >> As suggested by checkpatch.pl: >> CHECK: Prefer kernel type 'uX' over 'uintX_t' > > You might have noticed we have literally hundreds of them spread over 100 > files in the netfilter code. We'll gradually change them when the code is > touched anyways. > >> net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c | 5 ++--- >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Yes, I checked that. But would be better to change that now? Because: - could take years to anyone to touch the code, as the code already works very well - be more standardized could facilitate reading the code - It's a good way to encourage new people to contribute to the code Thanks!
