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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] net: Remove net/ipx.h and uapi/linux/ipx.h header files
Adding linux-audit, strace-devel, and linux-api to CC:.

On Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 06:02:44PM +0200, Eugene Syromiatnikov wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 08:08:02PM +0800, Cai Huoqing wrote:
> > commit <47595e32869f> ("<MAINTAINERS: Mark some staging directories>")
> > indicated the ipx network layer as obsolete in Jan 2018,
> > updated in the MAINTAINERS file
> >
> > now, after being exposed for 3 years to refactoring, so to
> > delete uapi/linux/ipx.h and net/ipx.h header files for good.
> > additionally, there is no module that depends on ipx.h except
> > a broken staging driver(r8188eu)
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Cai Huoqing <caihuoqing@baidu.com>
>
> This removal breaks audit[1] and potentially breaks strace[2][3], at least.
>
> [1] https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-userspace/blob/ce58837d44b7d9fcb4e140c23f68e0c94d95ab6e/auparse/interpret.c#L48
> [2] https://gitlab.com/strace/strace/-/blob/9fe63f42df8badd22fb7eef9c12fc07ed7106d6b/src/net.c#L34
> [3] https://gitlab.com/strace/strace/-/blob/9fe63f42df8badd22fb7eef9c12fc07ed7106d6b/src/sockaddr.c#L30

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