Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 30 Sep 2000 04:02:59 -0500 (CDT) | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4-test9 kernel header flaw |
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On 29 Sep 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Followup to: <20000929014109.A15021@veritas.com> > By author: Andries Brouwer <aeb@veritas.com> > In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > > On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 03:41:41PM -0700, Jack Howarth wrote: > > > > > I find that the compile of gnome-utils fails as follows... > > > > > > In file included from /usr/include/linux/string.h:21, > > > from /usr/include/linux/fs.h:23, > > > from badblocks.c:43: > > > > Yes, a well-known phenomenon. > > Kernel headers are to compile the kernel. > > They are not for inclusion in user programs. > > > > It really doesn't work in practice. There are enough things that > really need it. > > We really need #ifdef __KERNEL__ (or is that #ifdef _LINUX now?) in > the appropriate places.
For specific driver ioctl interfaces and such, I agree...
But gnome-utils? I don't think userspace needs to be looking at our fs.h, string.h, etc.
Jeff
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