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+#ifndef _UAPI_ASM_TYPES_H
+#define _UAPI_ASM_TYPES_H
+
+#include <asm-generic/int-ll64.h>
+
+/*
+ * The C99 types uintXX_t that are usually defined in 'stdint.h' are not as
+ * unambiguous on ARM as you would expect. For the types below, there is a
+ * difference on ARM between GCC built for bare metal ARM, GCC built for glibc
+ * and the kernel itself, which results in build errors if you try to build with
+ * -ffreestanding and include 'stdint.h' (such as when you include 'arm_neon.h'
+ * in order to use NEON intrinsics)
+ *
+ * As the typedefs for these types in 'stdint.h' are based on builtin defines
+ * supplied by GCC, we can tweak these to align with the kernel's idea of those
+ * types, so 'linux/types.h' and 'stdint.h' can be safely included from the same
+ * source file (provided that -ffreestanding is used).
+ *
+ * int32_t uint32_t uintptr_t
+ * bare metal GCC long unsigned long unsigned int
+ * glibc GCC int unsigned int unsigned int
+ * kernel int unsigned int unsigned long
+ */
+
+#ifdef __INT32_TYPE__
+#undef __INT32_TYPE__
+#define __INT32_TYPE__ int
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __UINT32_TYPE__
+#undef __UINT32_TYPE__
+#define __UINT32_TYPE__ unsigned int
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __UINTPTR_TYPE__
+#undef __UINTPTR_TYPE__
+#define __UINTPTR_TYPE__ unsigned long
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _UAPI_ASM_TYPES_H */