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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:57:01 +1000
From: Nathan Scott <nathans@sgi.com>
To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       Andreas Gruenbacher <a.gruenbacher@computer.org>,
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Subject: Re: include/linux/xattr.h: how much userpace visible?
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On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 08:43:43PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> how much of include/linux/xattr.h has to be part of the userspace kernel 
> headers?

None, I think.

> The function prototypes should no longer be visible in userspace.
> But how much of the rest of this file is usable for userspace?

The attr package has its own distinct copy of this file, which has
no kernel pieces - I'm not sure whether libc ended up copying this
or doing its own thing though.

cheers.

-- 
Nathan