netdev - Re: [PATCH] uapi: avoid namespace conflict in linux/posix

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=whkCOVzXeju8H8iWeh-vWorpWSZG6USFKcOWQ36XokZMA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 17 Jun 2019 11:16:03 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>
Cc:     Joseph Myers <joseph@...esourcery.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>,
        Paul Burton <pburton@...ecomp.com>,
        Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com>,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] uapi: avoid namespace conflict in linux/posix_types.h

On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 11:13 AM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> That one we might be able to just fix by renaming "fds_bits" to "__fds_bits".

That said, moving it to another file might be the better option anyway.

I think fd_set and friends are now supposed to be in <sys/select.h>
anyway, and the "it was in <sys/types.h>" is all legacy.

                 Linus