linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 45/45] include/uapi/asm-generic/ucontext.h: include signal.h and sigcontext.h

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Date:	Wed, 11 Mar 2015 03:59:31 +0200
From:	Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli@....fi>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 45/45] include/uapi/asm-generic/ucontext.h: include
 signal.h and sigcontext.h

On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 10:10:42AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 February 2015 00:05:48 Mikko Rapeli wrote:
> >  #ifndef __ASM_GENERIC_UCONTEXT_H
> >  #define __ASM_GENERIC_UCONTEXT_H
> >  
> > +#include <asm-generic/signal.h>
> > +#include <asm/sigcontext.h>
> > +
> >  struct ucontext {
> > 
> 
> Including another asm-generic header here is a bad idea: it breaks
> if an architecture overrides asm/signal.h with its own version
> but wants to use the asm-generic/ucontext.h file.
> 
> It would be best to just use linux/signal.h here, which includes
> the correct architecture specific files.

Thanks, I will use asm/signal.h instead.

-Mikko
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