Re: {PATCH] fix __packed in exported kernel headers

[Mike Frysinger]

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 14:26, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 06/24/2011 10:00 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>> We generally try to add no such requirements on user applications.
>>
>> the only real solution there is to export the compiler.h headers too
>>
>> plus, many compilers nowadays (like icc/llvm) tend to include support
>> for common gcc attributes ...
>
> Either that OR define a set of macros as being expected by the
> environment of the kernel ABI headers (to be provided by the library.)

without fallback logic (#ifndef xxx...#define xxx...#endif), i think
that's throwing an unreasonable amount of requirements onto userspace
consumers
-mike
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