linux-kernel - Re: include/linux/xattr.h: how much userpace visible?

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Message-ID: <20060724085701.B2083275@wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com>
Date:	Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:57:01 +1000
From:	Nathan Scott <nathans@....com>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andreas Gruenbacher <a.gruenbacher@...puter.org>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...hat.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: include/linux/xattr.h: how much userpace visible?

On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 08:43:43PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> how much of include/linux/xattr.h has to be part of the userspace kernel 
> headers?

None, I think.

> The function prototypes should no longer be visible in userspace.
> But how much of the rest of this file is usable for userspace?

The attr package has its own distinct copy of this file, which has
no kernel pieces - I'm not sure whether libc ended up copying this
or doing its own thing though.

cheers.

-- 
Nathan
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