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SubjectRe: [PATCH] linux/atm_tcp.h: cleanup for userspace
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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:03:51 -0400

> On Wednesday 23 April 2008, David Miller wrote:
> > From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
> > > The atm_tcp.h uses types from linux/atm.h, but does not include it. It
> > > should also use the standard __u## types from linux/types.h rather than
> > > the uint##_t types since the former can be found with the kernel already.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
> >
> > I don't think this is a sufficient patch to solve these problems.
>
> it is sufficient for atm_tcp.h only. many of the network headers are broken
> for userspace inclusion, so i've just been posting them one at a time as last
> time i posted a large patch, no one picked it up.

But you're adding an include of another file that has the problem
you're supposedly fixing.

If using uintN_t types is the problem, you're adding a new one for
applications that include linux/atm_tcp.h, because now they'll
get linux/atm.h as a side effect which does it too.


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