linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] UAPI: Document auxvec AT_* namespace policy and note reservations

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Date:   Wed, 16 May 2018 19:21:16 -0400
From:   Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
To:     "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:     Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org, Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>,
        Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>,
        Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>,
        Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        James Hogan <jhogan@...nel.org>,
        Greentime Hu <green.hu@...il.com>,
        Vincent Chen <deanbo422@...il.com>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...ive.com>,
        Albert Ou <albert@...ive.com>,
        Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Chris Zankel <chris@...kel.net>,
        Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] UAPI: Document auxvec AT_* namespace policy and note
 reservations

On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 04:09:29PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 05/16/18 08:49, Dave Martin wrote:
> > 
> > Since <linux/auxvec.h> only contains #defines, it may be enough for arch
> > <asm/auxvec.h> headers to include <linux/auxvec.h>.
> > 
> 
> <asm/auxvec.h> doesn't seem to have any reason to exist at all. If
> anyone includes it now, they are Doing It Wrong[TM] since
> <linux/auxvec.h> includes <asm/auxvec.h>.

Sounds good. BTW there probably does need to be a check for
kernel-internal use of #ifdef AT_* etc. I saw some instances in
arch/um and a few other weird places. They might not matter but there
might be code that's indirectly enabled only for certain archs via the
AT_* macros.

Rich