Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 30 Sep 2000 11:42:42 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4-test9 kernel header flaw |
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Jeff Garzik wrote: > > 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. >
It sounds like what's collapsing is badblocks, which probably uses ioctl interfaces.
The main problem tends to be linux/fs.h, which is a huge file, some of which is indeed needed by userspace. It perpetually causes problems because someone included something non-userspace-safe in this file.
-hpa
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