After the last 64-bit-specific bug, I decided to go on a mission to eliminate 
the use of "long" types in the TCP stack. This causes architecture-specific 
problems when we expect to use modulo 2^32 arithmetic for TCP values.

Along the way, I think I found a few bugs, noticed a few things that we should 
cleanup, etc.

As we discussed on the transport call on Thursday, I opened a separate 
Phabricator review for roughly each variable. That means I opened a boat-load 
of reviews, but they should each be digestable. I prefixed them all with FFL 
(short of "Freedom from Longs" :-) ). I also tried to highlight the one or two 
areas that I think need especially close attention.

The full patch is here: https://people.freebsd.org/~jtl/freedom-from-longs.diff 
. It passed a tinderbox build, and seems to work fine with my (admittedly very 
little) preliminary testing. It could use some wider testing.

I don't expect to commit any of this until after stable/11 branches. Some of 
the changes would not break the KBI/ABI, so would be eligible for MFC; many are 
not MFC candidates. In general, I only expect to MFC a few small things.

Enjoy!

Jonathan


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