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

From: "Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)" <chleroy@kernel.org>
To: "Borislav Petkov" <bp@alien8.de>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 02/24] x86/elf, um/x86/elf: Move relocation constants to UAPI
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 16:32:59 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1ef2c31d-6ad5-46cd-98ca-0f31485cf8c1@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260908135513.GAaqATwXHcQD7plnH-@fat_crate.local>

Le 08/09/2026 à 15:55, Borislav Petkov a écrit :
> On Tue, Sep 08, 2026 at 08:33:36AM +0200, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
>> These constants are useful for cross-platform userspace, for example to
>> process ELF files during kernel cross-compilation.
>>
>> Move them from the kernel-private architecture-specific header to the UAPI.
> 
> Why UAPI?
> 
> Why not include/linux/ ?
> 

I guess because on some architectures it is already in UAPI, see for 
instance powerpc in patch 5 ?

Christophe

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