linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Make exported headers use strict posix types

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Message-Id: <200902051945.05466.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Thu, 5 Feb 2009 19:45:03 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@...nel.org>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>, mingo@...e.hu,
	x86@...nel.org, sam@...nborg.org, jirislaby@...il.com,
	gregkh@...e.de, davem@...emloft.net, xyzzy@...akeasy.org,
	mchehab@...radead.org, jens.axboe@...cle.com,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make exported headers use strict posix types

On Thursday 05 February 2009, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
>  #endif
>  #include <linux/ptrace.h>
>  
> +#error this doesn't compile
>  struct elf_siginfo
>  {
>         int     si_signo;                       /* signal number */

This hunk obviously was not meant to be part of the patch, and should have
served as an reminder to fix <linux/elfcore.h>, which cannot be used from
user space any more because it actually depends on elf_greg_t from
asm/elf.h, which is no longer exported...

Any idea what to do about this?

	Arnd <><