[U-Boot] [PATCH 3/5][v5] include/linux: move typdef for uintptr_t

[York Sun]

On 12/08/2015 04:24 PM, Aneesh Bansal wrote:
> uintptr_t which is a typdef for unsigned long is needed for creating
> pointers (32 or 64 bit depending on Core) from 32 bit variables
> storing the address.
> If a 32 bit variable (u32) is typecasted to a pointer (void *),
> compiler gives a warning in case size of pointer on the core is 64 bit.
> 
> The typdef has been moved from include/compiler.h to include/linux/types.h
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Bansal <aneesh.bansal at freescale.com>
> ---
> Changes in v5:
> New patch instead of http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/546319/
> 
> Changes in v4: None
> 
> Changes in v3: None
> 
> Changes in v2: None
> 
>  include/compiler.h    | 3 ---
>  include/linux/types.h | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/compiler.h b/include/compiler.h
> index 47c296e..f853ed4 100644
> --- a/include/compiler.h
> +++ b/include/compiler.h
> @@ -115,9 +115,6 @@ typedef unsigned int uint;
>  #ifdef CONFIG_USE_STDINT
>  /* Provided by gcc. */
>  #include <stdint.h>
> -#else
> -/* Type for `void *' pointers. */
> -typedef unsigned long int uintptr_t;
>  #endif
>  
>  #include <linux/string.h>
> diff --git a/include/linux/types.h b/include/linux/types.h
> index 6f75be4..c7e8fdb 100644
> --- a/include/linux/types.h
> +++ b/include/linux/types.h
> @@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ typedef		__UINT64_TYPE__	u_int64_t;
>  typedef		__INT64_TYPE__		int64_t;
>  #endif
>  
> +typedef unsigned long uintptr_t;
>  /*
>   * Below are truly Linux-specific types that should never collide with
>   * any application/library that wants linux/types.h.
> 

Aneesh,

This change is tested OK on 64-bit hosts, but failed on 32-bit hosts.
A second thought, is this change needed? I reverted this one and still passed
tests for all aarch64 targets, including ls1043ardb_SECURE_BOOT. I didn't boot
it though.

York