Re: [PATCH] linux/inotify.h: do not include <linux/fcntl.h> inuserspace

From: Kirill A. Shutemov
Date: Wed Sep 17 2008 - 05:32:17 EST


On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 07:09:02PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 07:10:25AM -0700, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> > Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > >> What is the error message?
> > >
> > > /usr/include/asm-generic/fcntl.h:117: error: redefinition of 'struct
> > > flock'
> >
> > And? None of these programs should use <linux/inotify.h>. There has
> > for the longest time been a <sys/inotify.h> header which doesn't need
> > any kernel headers. In fact, <linux/inotify.h> should not be exported.
>
> Even if userspace applications shouldn't use it directly this doesn't
> sound right:
>
> We shouldn't force all libc implementations to copy the contents into a
> private header.

glibc and dietlibc provide <sys/inotify.h>. newlib and uclibc don't. klibc
provides <sys/inotify.h> but it depends on <linux/inotify.h>

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Regards, Kirill A. Shutemov
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