linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] tty: Partially revert the removal of the Cyclades public API

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.2201260542450.11348@tpp.orcam.me.uk>
Date:   Wed, 26 Jan 2022 09:22:31 +0000 (GMT)
From:   "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ecosm.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] tty: Partially revert the removal of the Cyclades
 public API

On Mon, 24 Jan 2022, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> > Fix a user API regression introduced with commit f76edd8f7ce0 ("tty: 
> > cyclades, remove this orphan"), which removed a part of the API and 
> > caused compilation errors for user programs using said part, such as 
> > GCC 9 in its libsanitizer component[1]:
> 
> This looks sensible, but a #warning might be useful to get people to
> stop including this random header.

 We have no precedent, but your suggestion seems reasonable to me, thanks.

  Maciej