linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][RFC] Delete export of tty.h to userspace.

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:33:12 -0400 (EDT)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] Delete export of tty.h to userspace.

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, Jiri Slaby wrote:

> Robert P. J. Day napsal(a):
> > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@...dspring.com>
> >
> > ---
> >
> >   given that the entire contents of include/linux/tty.h is contained
> > within an "#ifdef __KERNEL__", it seems pointless to export it to
> > userspace, unless there's some kind of need for that header file to
> > exist in userspace, even if it's empty.
> >
> >   a quick grep shows that nothing under /usr/include references any
> > file of the name "tty.h" in any way.  thoughts?
>
> If we decide to remove the file, I would rather go through
> deprecation of the file with filing an entry in
> feature-remove-schedule. There still seems to be some users of the
> file.

i'm curious -- how did you determine that?

> With deprecation done with sth. like
> #ifndef __KERNEL__
> #warning Don't include this file from userspace, it's emtpy.
> #endif

yes, that makes sense.  i can do that.

rday
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