[U-Boot] __kernel_size_t vs size_t which to use

Tyler uboot at pukatronic.net
Tue Nov 3 02:41:13 CET 2015


hey folks,

busy list!  Quick question.

I'm trying to build on ! linux and I'm just wondering about the 
consistency of use of __kernel_size_t vs size_t use in the code base 
what is 'correct'?

I end up with the a little bit of fallout when I build.

   CC      arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/board.o
In file included from ../include/linux/compat.h:4:0,
                  from ../include/dm/device.h:17,
                  from ../include/dm.h:10,
                  from ../arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/board.c:12:
../include/malloc.h:364:7: error: conflicting types for 'memset'
  void* memset(void*, int, size_t);
        ^
In file included from ../include/common.h:22:0,
                  from ../arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/board.c:11:
../include/linux/string.h:78:15: note: previous declaration of 'memset' 
was here
  extern void * memset(void *,int,__kernel_size_t);

Quick examination shows we probably want to change the prototype in 
include/malloc.h to be __kernel_size_t since the various machines 
posix_types.h appear to be defining the correct width type to that 
definition (most of the time anyway).

Is this the right thing to do?

Thanks!


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