linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fuse: use kernel headers when __KERNEL_

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFzUFMOAfxBpsGLYW3R5NA+f+LWCcKoGdizh_PAhQiXDvg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:59:56 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"open list:FUSE: FILESYSTEM..." <fuse-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fuse: use kernel headers when __KERNEL__ is set

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu> wrote:
>
> And I still disagree.  Why should userspace use the linux internal
> header when there's a perfectly good standard header that it can use?

If it's called UAPI, it damn well is *meant* for user-space inclusion.
Look at the file-name.

And since the bug comment says "This file defines the kernel interface
of FUSE" *AND* it very clearly has explicit code to support user-space
includes with special user-space-only type defines, then your email is
obviously just pure crap, and I don't understand how you can write
that sentence with a straight face.

The *whole* point of the UAPI includes is two-fold:

 - to make it easier for user-space libraries to get at the kernel
definitions. Not everybody wants to use glibc for various reasons, and
where do you want people to *get* these declarations from?

 - to make kernel people more AWARE of when they are changing stuff
that affects user-space.

Now, the uapi model not perfect, but there are damn good reasons to at
least *strive* for both of those things, so I really don't understand
your comment there.

                Linus
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