On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 09:18:32 -0700, Greg KH said: > Within the kernel, yes, you can use lots of different types for the same > "real" variable size, but you shouldn't, just use the well-known and > common types "u8" and you will be fine. Those other ones are there due > to code being brought in from all over the place, that's what happens > with a codebase of 20 million lines at times :)
What's the current feeling on using typedefs to get more type safety?
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