Re: [PATCH v5 02/24] x86/elf, um/x86/elf: Move relocation constants to UAPI

[Borislav Petkov]

On Tue, Sep 08, 2026 at 04:26:00PM +0200, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> The existing, generic ELF definitions are there.
> The ELF stuff in include/linux/ is highly specific to Linux.

And putting them in UAPI casts them in stone. I wouldn't want to maintain them
forever if not necessary.

> Also later in the patchset I want to expose the definitions to the
> tools/ build. Exposing generic UAPI definitions to tools/ is a much
> easier sell than include/linux/.

tools/ *copies* kernel headers on a "they're needed" basis. No need to put
anything in UAPI for that.

It's even written down: tools/include/uapi/README

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    Boris.

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