linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/3] epoll cleanups

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0704061124570.8738@alien.or.mcafeemobile.com>
Date:	Fri, 6 Apr 2007 11:27:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 1/3] epoll cleanups - epoll include diet ...

On Thu, 5 Apr 2007, Andrew Morton wrote:

> On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 18:12:58 -0700 (PDT)
> Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 5 Apr 2007, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > 
> > > epoll uses signal stuff and might need signal.h.  It implements syscalls
> > > and it certainly needs to have those syscall's prototypes in scope.  It
> > > surely uses stuff from mm.h (doesn't everything??)
> > 
> > Ack about signal.h, I forgot about the pwait code :(
> > Why syscalls.h? The eventpoll.c file expots syscalls, but it doesn't use 
> > anything declared in there.
> 
> So that the compiler can verify that our declarations of sys_epoll_foo()
> match our definitions of them.

Right. Just drop that patch then.

- Davide

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