linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] linux/inotify.h: do not include <linux/fcntl.h> in userspace

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Message-ID: <20080916130234.GA17082@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:02:36 +0300
From:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>,
	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux/inotify.h: do not include <linux/fcntl.h> in
	userspace

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 03:58:02PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 03:22:43PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > <linux/fcntl.h> conflicts with glibc's <fcntl.h>.
> > 
> > It breaks building kdelibs, kdepim and pinot.
> 
> We should rather fix the actual bug.
> 
> What is the error message?

/usr/include/asm-generic/fcntl.h:117: error: redefinition of 'struct
flock'
/usr/include/bits/fcntl.h:142: error: previous definition of 'struct
flock'
/usr/include/asm-generic/fcntl.h:140: error: redefinition of 'struct
flock64'
/usr/include/bits/fcntl.h:157: error: previous definition of 'struct
flock64'

> 
> >...
> > --- a/include/linux/inotify.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/inotify.h
> > @@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
> >  #ifndef _LINUX_INOTIFY_H
> >  #define _LINUX_INOTIFY_H
> >  
> > +#ifdef __KERNEL__
> >  /* For O_CLOEXEC and O_NONBLOCK */
> >  #include <linux/fcntl.h>
> > +#endif
> >...  
> 
> This breaks the header for users of IN_CLOEXEC/IN_NONBLOCK.
> 
> cu
> Adrian
> 
> -- 
> 
>        "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
>         of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
>        "Only a promise," Lao Er said.
>                                        Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed
> 

-- 
Regards,  Kirill A. Shutemov
 + Belarus, Minsk
 + ALT Linux Team, http://www.altlinux.com/

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