linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH]: Fix userspace warnings in elfcore.h

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Date:	Mon, 24 May 2010 07:36:24 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, d.hatayama@...fujitsu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: Fix userspace warnings in elfcore.h

On Mon, 24 May 2010 09:54:44 -0400 Prarit Bhargava wrote:

> Fixes compile warning:
> 
> /home/rhel6/usr/include/linux/elfcore.h:104: userspace cannot call function or variable defined in the kernel
> /home/rhel6/usr/include/linux/elfcore.h:105: userspace cannot call function or variable defined in the kernel
> /home/rhel6/usr/include/linux/elfcore.h:108: userspace cannot call function or variable defined in the kernel
> /home/rhel6/usr/include/linux/elfcore.h:110: userspace cannot call function or variable defined in the kernel
> 
> Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>

Patch was merged last Saturyday:

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2faa4cf76e7d229016240b79b50a43d81f458323

> diff --git a/include/linux/elfcore.h b/include/linux/elfcore.h
> index e687bc3..26f7486 100644
> --- a/include/linux/elfcore.h
> +++ b/include/linux/elfcore.h
> @@ -150,8 +150,6 @@ static inline int elf_core_copy_task_xfpregs(struct task_struct *t, elf_fpxregse
>  }
>  #endif
>  
> -#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
> -
>  /*
>   * These functions parameterize elf_core_dump in fs/binfmt_elf.c to write out
>   * extra segments containing the gate DSO contents.  Dumping its
> @@ -167,5 +165,6 @@ elf_core_write_extra_phdrs(struct file *file, loff_t offset, size_t *size,
>  extern int
>  elf_core_write_extra_data(struct file *file, size_t *size, unsigned long limit);
>  extern size_t elf_core_extra_data_size(void);
> +#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
>  
>  #endif /* _LINUX_ELFCORE_H */
> --



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~Randy
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