linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Do not export PAGE

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Message-ID: <8bd0f97a0710231035nafbd7f1q3a1f2b6907d7350f@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:35:10 -0400
From:	"Mike Frysinger" <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <k.shutemov@...esys.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Do not export PAGE_SIZE to userspace.

On 10/23/07, Kirill A. Shutemov <k.shutemov@...esys.com> wrote:
> On [Tue, 23.10.2007 12:22], Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On 10/23/07, Kirill A. Shutemov <k.shutemov@...esys.com> wrote:
> > > Userspace should use getpagesize() or sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE) to get memory
> > > page size.
> >
> > please go back through the archives and read the history here.  we
> > should work at dropping page.h completely, not making it an empty
> > file.
>
> Do you mean page.h shouldn't be exported to userspace

yes

> or should be dropped from kernelspace too?

noooooooooooooooooo

;)
-mike
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