linux-kernel - Re: [rfc] headers_check cleanups break the whole world

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Date:	Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:34:23 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...radead.org>,
	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@...il.com>,
	mingo@...hat.com, dwmw2@...radead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com
Subject: Re: [rfc] headers_check cleanups break the whole world

> 
> __KERNEL_STRICT_NAMES is a really old construct that has been 
> with us forever. It's not widely used ... i dont know how widely 
> it's being relied on. Sam, should we get rid of it, or should 
> user-space define __KERNEL_STRICT_NAMES in cases the glibc 
> definition collides with the kernel's definition?

hpa already answered this question and he knows
the userland<->kernel stuff better than I do.

IMO the best thing would be that Arnd rebased his original patch
and we get that rewieved and in the end applied.

	Sam
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