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Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 07:47:31 +0200
From: Petr Vorel <petr.vorel@...il.com>
To: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] linux/sysinfo.h: Add guarder for struct
sysinfo
Hi Rich,
...
> I don't think this is the right way to do it. It prevents getting
> access to the kernel uapi structure (which may be wanted) if you're
> not using glibc or if you include kernel headers before any libc
> headers. Rather, <linux/kernel.h>, whose only real purpose is
> providing this structure to legacy applications that don't know the
> renamed name for it, should not be implicitly included by other
> headers. There's an existing thread on the topic but I don't have the
> link handy. IIRC I proposed moving the alignment macros or whatever
> other useful stuff is in <linux/kernel.h> to a separate header and
> getting rid of all the indirect inclusions of <linux/kernel.h>.
Thanks for a review and tip!
Kind regards,
Petr
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