linux-kernel - Re: The UAPI references Kconfig's CONFIG

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Date:   Wed, 15 May 2019 23:09:49 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Michael Witten <mfwitten@...il.com>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: The UAPI references Kconfig's CONFIG_* macros (variables)

On Sat, May 11, 2019 at 6:29 AM Michael Witten <mfwitten@...il.com> wrote:

>
> What is the correct way to think about this?
>
>   * Should the UAPI make no reference to build-time configurations?

Right, with the exception of uses inside of #ifdef __KERNEL__.

>   * Should the UAPI headers include sanity checks on behalf of the user?
>   * Should there be a `/proc/config.h.gz' facility?

This would not work, since applications don't always run on the systems
they are compiled on, in particular when cross-compiling to another
architecture.

      Arnd