linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc: fix userspace build of ptrace.h

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Date:	Mon, 10 May 2010 09:10:50 -0500
From:	Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Andrey Volkov <avolkov@...ma-el.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Gibson <dwg@....ibm.com>,
	linuxppc-dev list <Linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: fix userspace build of ptrace.h

On Sun, 2010-05-09 at 17:27 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-05-09 at 08:59 +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > >From ff056c080d2b0b93bac07ad71125fee701919f5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
> > Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 08:52:31 +0200
> > Subject: [PATCH] powerpc: fix userspace build of ptrace.h
> > 
> > Build of ptrace.h failed for assembly because it
> > pulls in stdint.h.
> > Use exportable types (__u32, __u64) to avoid the dependency
> > on stdint.h.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
> > Cc: Andrey Volkov <avolkov@...ma-el.com>
> > Cc: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
> > ---
> > 
> > A better fix is to remove the use of stdint like the following patch does.
> > Note - I have not even build tested this patch!
> 
> Ack, thanks, I'll test and apply.

Acked-by: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

-- 
Dave Kleikamp
IBM Linux Technology Center

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