On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Patrick McHardy [off-list ref] wrote:

On 30.01, Lucas Tanure wrote:

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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.

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 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!