linux-kernel - Re: best practices: which "uaccess.h" should one include?

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0909220835340.31679@localhost>
Date:	Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:37:50 -0400 (EDT)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: best practices:  which "uaccess.h" should one include?

On Tue, 22 Sep 2009, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> On Tuesday 22 September 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >   philosophically, which is the "correct" uaccess.h header file to
> > include in kernel code -- <linux/uaccess.h> or <asm/uaccess.h>?
> > the first explicitly includes the second so that's a safe choice
> > but, generally, there's been a tendency to shift toward including
> > the "linux" header files.  opinion?  there's quite a mixture under
> > the drivers/ directory.
>
> The preferred one is linux/uaccess.h, the same is true for many
> headers that traditionally only existed in asm/.

  i know -- i've sent in a few patches of my own to make some of those
changes.  i just wanted to be clear since i'm writing a short tutorial
on kernel/user space copying and wanted to make the correct
recommendation for the header file to include.

> There are some headers with explicit #warning or #error messages
> when they are not included from linux/foo.h, e.g. spinlock_types.h,
> bitops.h or rwsem.h.

  yup, i've seen those, too.  thanks.

rday
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