linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 4/8] x86: stop exporting msr-index.h to userland

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Date:   Fri, 13 Jan 2017 17:08:34 +0100
From:   Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/8] x86: stop exporting msr-index.h to userland

Le 13/01/2017 à 16:43, David Howells a écrit :
>> -header-y += msr-index.h
> 
> I see it on my desktop as /usr/include/asm/msr-index.h and it's been there at
> least four years - and as such it's part of the UAPI.  I don't think you can
> remove it unless you can guarantee there are no userspace users.
I keep it in the v2 of the series, but the maintainer, Borislav Petkov, asks me
to un-export it.

I will follow the maintainer decision.


Regards,
Nicolas