From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Schwab Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/2] fcntl.h: add new definitions for file-private lock cmd values Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 08:50:24 +0100 Message-ID: References: <1392145436-13983-1-git-send-email-jlayton@redhat.com> <1392145436-13983-2-git-send-email-jlayton@redhat.com> <20140211214915.2FB4774438@topped-with-meat.com> <20140211185748.378c67f0@corrin.poochiereds.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: Roland McGrath , libc-alpha@sourceware.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff Layton Return-path: Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:32878 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750922AbaBLHu0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Feb 2014 02:50:26 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20140211185748.378c67f0@corrin.poochiereds.net> (Jeff Layton's message of "Tue, 11 Feb 2014 18:57:48 -0500") Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Jeff Layton writes: > Why does glibc have its own definitions for the fcntl F_* cmd values > instead of using the ones in the uapi kernel headers? Would it not be > simpler to just have the fcntl.h include those instead of duplicating > them? The uapi headers are useless for user space. They refer to CONFIG_* macros, and don't have suitable namespace control. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SUSE Labs, schwab@suse.de GPG Key fingerprint = 0196 BAD8 1CE9 1970 F4BE 1748 E4D4 88E3 0EEA B9D7 "And now for something completely different."