linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] uapi/linux/a.out.h: don't use deprecated system-specific predefines.

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFxZWB8pdjGdo9byxnHvkdmvJF5z2W7aiuTbJrK_t7HjRw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 2 Jun 2017 12:12:54 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Zack Weinberg <zackw@...ix.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] uapi/linux/a.out.h: don't use deprecated system-specific predefines.

On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 5:06 AM, Zack Weinberg <zackw@...ix.com> wrote:
> On 06/02/2017 03:10 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>>
>> Can we please fix these conditionals so that only those
>> relevant to Linux remain?
>
> I was going for the minimal change since this is dusty-deck code that I
> can't practically test, but I have no objection to your more thorough
> approach.  I don't see anything I would do differently.

Yes, I think I'd just prefer to rip out the stale stuff, and remove
the "#ifdef linux" entirely.

It's not like the kernel wants non-linux headers, and I don't see
non-linux users using the kernel headers either.

               Linus