Re: [RFC] Splitting out kernel<=>userspace ABI headers

[Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com>]

On Sep 5, 2005, at 12:35:42, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Followup to:  <B9E70F6F-CC0A-4053-AB34-A90836431358@mac.com>
> By author:    Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com>
> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
>> Didn't you mean "#define stat __kabi_stat64"?  Also, I can see that
>> would pose other issues as well say my app does "struct stat stat;"
>> Any error messages would refer to a variable "__kabi_stat64" instead
>> of the expected "stat":
>
> No, I didn't.  That's *exactly* why I didn't mean that.
>
> #define __kabi_stat64 stat
> #include <linux/abi/stat.h>
>
> That being said, I would personally like to see it possible to typedef
> struct, union and enum tags.

_OH_!!! Forgive me for missing the point entirely!  I can see how  
that would
work very well.  Nice trick, BTW!  Very sneaky, needs significant  
explanatory
comments in whatever header file it ends up in lest others get  
confused in
the same fashion as I.  With all of that mess out of the way, I'll  
work on
getting a few initial RFC patches out the door, and then we can  
revisit this
discussion once there is something tangible to talk about.

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett

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