linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] UAPI: Document auxvec AT_* namespace policy and note reservations

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Message-ID: <3e291fda-b27b-7002-9374-23196f18a38f@zytor.com>
Date:   Wed, 16 May 2018 16:09:29 -0700
From:   "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:     Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>, Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
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        Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
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        Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] UAPI: Document auxvec AT_* namespace policy and note
 reservations

On 05/16/18 08:49, Dave Martin wrote:
> 
> Since <linux/auxvec.h> only contains #defines, it may be enough for arch
> <asm/auxvec.h> headers to include <linux/auxvec.h>.
> 

<asm/auxvec.h> doesn't seem to have any reason to exist at all. If
anyone includes it now, they are Doing It Wrong[TM] since
<linux/auxvec.h> includes <asm/auxvec.h>.

	-hpa