linux-kernel - Re: include/asm-generic/int-ll64.h kernel 2.6.31.4

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Message-Id: <20091022182106.3bdf7b5d.skraw@ithnet.com>
Date:	Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:21:06 +0200
From:	Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw@...net.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arndbergmann@...glemail.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: include/asm-generic/int-ll64.h kernel 2.6.31.4

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:29:59 +0200
Arnd Bergmann <arndbergmann@...glemail.com> wrote:

> On Tuesday 20 October 2009, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote:
> > I lately compiled some app that stumbled across this, and someone smarter than
> > me should judge if this is right or wrong:
> > 
> > 
> > * asm-generic/int-ll64.h
> >  *
> >  * Integer declarations for architectures which use "long long"
> >  * for 64-bit types.
> >  */
> > 
> > #ifndef _ASM_GENERIC_INT_LL64_H
> > #define _ASM_GENERIC_INT_LL64_H
> > 
> > #include <asm/bitsperlong.h>
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > 
> > 
> > Is it correct to include from linked "asm" instead of asm-generic ?
> > 
> > My link goes to "asm-x86" but for some reason asm-generic/types.h is included
> > which ends at int-ll64.h trying to include a not existing bitsperlong.h from
> > directory asm-x86.
> 
> Hi Stephan,
> 
> Most likely you are using the kernel headers in an unsupported way, like
> trying to point to $(HOME)/linux-2.6/include for include files when building
> an application.
> 
> Please see http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelHeaders for how to fix that.
> 
> 	Arnd <><

I am the wrong person to tell that, the story belongs to keepalived.
Nevertheless reading other header files in the same dir makes me think that
pointing to "asm" instead of "asm-generic" looks flakey, or why do others
point to -generic then?

-- 
Regards,
Stephan
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