Re: [PATCH] warn about use of uninstalled kernel headers

[Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>]

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 04:37:12PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> User applications frequently hit problems when they try to use
> the kernel headers directly, rather than the exported headers.
> 
> This adds an explicit warning for this case, and points to
> a URL holding an explanation of why this is wrong and what
> to do about it.

Like the idea.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---
>  include/linux/kernel.h     |    6 ++++++
>  scripts/headers_install.pl |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
> index d6320a3..f392d72 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kernel.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
> @@ -656,6 +656,12 @@ extern int do_sysinfo(struct sysinfo *info);
>  
>  #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
>  
> +#ifndef __EXPORTED_HEADERS__
But why do we need this "__EXPORTED_HEADERS__" thing?

?

	Sam