Re: {PATCH] fix __packed in exported kernel headers

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 06/30/2011 12:13 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>
>> Not unless the kernel uses its own namespace for these defines.  The
>> thing is, most libraries have their own macro library for this, and
>> collisions are both likely and bad.
> 
> while that's true for exporting compiler.h, namespacing is irrelevant
> to my requirement -- the headers should have sane/usable defaults.
> 

I have no idea what "your requirements" are, but as someone who has
actually implemented a C library on top of the Linux headers I can tell
you it's a very real and relevant issue, and that it is historically one
of the biggest problems.

	-hpa
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