Re: Linux v2.6.16

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Mon Mar 20 2006 - 14:31:25 EST




On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >
> > strace should be using sanitized versions of the kernel headers, not directly
> > including them verbatim...
> >
> Now, would not it be good for everyone if the in-kernel headers get
> every bit of sanitation?

Yes, we should strive for fairly sanitized headers. That said, Jeff is
also right - people really generally shouldn't use the kernel headers
directly.

So the rigt answer is to do both: make sure that people don't use kernel
headers, but also try to keep them reasonably clean.

Linus
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