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

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Message-ID: <20080916160902.GF1400@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi>
Date:	Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:09:02 +0300
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>
Cc:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	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 07:10:25AM -0700, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> >> What is the error message?
> > 
> > /usr/include/asm-generic/fcntl.h:117: error: redefinition of 'struct
> > flock'
> 
> And?  None of these programs should use <linux/inotify.h>.  There has
> for the longest time been a <sys/inotify.h> header which doesn't need
> any kernel headers.  In fact, <linux/inotify.h> should not be exported.

Even if userspace applications shouldn't use it directly this doesn't 
sound right:

We shouldn't force all libc implementations to copy the contents into a 
private header.

cu
Adrian

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