linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Don't export scsi kernel variables in userspace headers.

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Date:	Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:26:23 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Don't export scsi kernel variables in userspace
	headers.

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 03:44:18AM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 10:10:26PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> > Found with make headers_check
> > 
> > /usr/include/scsi/scsi.h:159: userspace cannot call function or variable defined in the kernel
> > /usr/include/scsi/scsi.h:285: userspace cannot call function or variable defined in the kernel
> 
> The headers shouldn't be exported at all because scsi/ headers are
> exported from glibc.
Where does glibc get these headers from?

If glibc have their own private copy then the headers should indeed be exported
so we avoid such mess.

	Sam
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