linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 7/8] vdso: Introduce uapi/vdso/random.h

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Message-ID: <15db661b-bd41-41ca-bc0c-e627a3564d76@csgroup.eu>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 09:00:26 +0200
From: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
To: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
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 "Jason A . Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
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 "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 7/8] vdso: Introduce uapi/vdso/random.h

Le 23/09/2024 à 16:19, Vincenzo Frascino a écrit :
> The VDSO implementation includes headers from outside of the
> vdso/ namespace.
> 
> Introduce uapi/vdso/random.h to make sure that the generic
> library uses only the allowed namespace.

I can't see the reason for this change.

VDSO is userland code and should be safe to include any UAPI header.

Christophe