linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86 byteorder.h: use __asm__/__inline_

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Date:	Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:09:52 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
CC:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86 byteorder.h: use __asm__/__inline__ for userspace

Mike Frysinger wrote:
> ...
> #ifdef __KERNEL__
> # define kernel_flock flock
> #endif
> struct kernel_flock {
> ...

FWIW, a long time ago I proposed the __kabi_ prefix for these things; I
think it is a good thing to make userspace-visible structures stand out
even in the kernel code itself.

As such, I would suggest *not* adding the #define at all.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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