Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Dec 2004 20:45:31 +0100 | From | Sam Ravnborg <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Splitting kernel headers and deprecating __KERNEL__ |
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On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 04:23:12PM -0300, Horst von Brand wrote: > > > Therefore, stdint.h types would mainly be used with new interfaces, > > or in intermediate definitions which are not themselves part of the > > interface. Of course, the latter would have to consider pollution > > issues. > > They _can't_ show up in interfaces unless you specify that stdint.h has to > be included before them... and I'd awise against any needless interface > fattening. Besides, using them in the kernel would then mean pulling in > stdint.h there... and you get the same mess, the other way around ("What > userspace headers are OK to pull in when compiling the kernel?"). Better > don't.
Today we only pull in stdarg.h from userspace - actually a compiler dependent file. We shall not introduce anything to pull more stuff in from userspace. We have namespace issues enough - keeping the kernel out of userspace namespace is important.
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