linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] posix_types.h: make _

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFxEcA3w_1AmCnUG_iEB1LuCnYKbW+hcCSe65UjQahp2_Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:39:25 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jeff Law <law@...hat.com>
Cc:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] posix_types.h: make __NFDBITS match glibc definition

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> .. and it causes other problems instead, namely the crap code generation for __.

oops. Edit error. That __ should be __FDELT/__FDMASK.

But note that those are only the internal kernel macros that aren't
even *used* by the kernel. They are some left-over from olden days,
and seem to only cause odd interactions with glibc.

                 Linus
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