linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v06 30/36] uapi rdma/rdma_user

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Date:   Thu, 10 Aug 2017 05:47:48 +0300
From:   "Dmitry V. Levin" <ldv@...linux.org>
To:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
Cc:     Moni Shoua <monis@...lanox.com>,
        Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli@....fi>,
        Linux Kernel Mailinglist <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org, Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@...el.com>,
        Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenstock@...il.com>,
        linux-rdma <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v06 30/36] uapi rdma/rdma_user_rxe.h: include in.h and
 in6.h

On Wed, Aug 09, 2017 at 09:52:41AM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 09, 2017 at 04:48:08PM +0300, Moni Shoua wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm not sure this is a good idea, linux/in.h should not be included in
> > > userspace users of this file, 'sockaddr_in' needs to come from glibc's
> > > 'netinet/in.h' instead..
> 
> > Is it wrong to include include/uapi/linux/in.h from userspace?
> 
> Generally speaking userspace should always use the glibc version of
> the headers and not headers from under linux/

Sorry?  Isn't the main idea of UAPI in providing the Linux interface for
userspace, unlike glibc headers that provide other more or less standard
interfaces like GNU, POSIX, etc?


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