Re: [PATCH] linux/hdsmart.h: fix goofups

From: Robert P. J. Day
Date: Sun Feb 17 2008 - 12:17:38 EST


On Sun, 17 Feb 2008, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:

> Fix goofups of commit 76166952bbc81dda1c8a8c14e75a2aa06f6c052c
> ("<linux/hdsmart.h> is not used by kernel code").
>
> Reported-by: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/hdsmart.h | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> Index: b/include/linux/hdsmart.h
> ===================================================================
> --- a/include/linux/hdsmart.h
> +++ b/include/linux/hdsmart.h
> @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
> #ifndef _LINUX_HDSMART_H
> #define _LINUX_HDSMART_H
>
> -#ifndef __KERNEL
> +#ifndef __KERNEL__
> #define OFFLINE_FULL_SCAN 0
> #define SHORT_SELF_TEST 1
> #define EXTEND_SELF_TEST 2
> @@ -121,6 +121,6 @@ typedef struct ata_smart_selftestlog_s {
> unsigned char resevered[2];
> unsigned char chksum;
> } __attribute__ ((packed)) ata_smart_selftestlog_t;
> -#endif /* __KERNEL__ *
> +#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
>
> #endif /* _LINUX_HDSMART_H */

if that header file isn't used by any kernel code, why bother having a
check for __KERNEL__ in the first place? it's being exported to
userspace unchecked:

include/linux/Kbuild:header-y += hdsmart.h

so why not just toss that check entirely? otherwise, you're going to
get a header file exported to userspace that has a superfluous
__KERNEL__ test in it.

rday
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