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From: Nathan Scott <nathans@sgi.com>
To: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Steve Lord <lord@sgi.com>, Anders Gustafsson <andersg@0x63.nu>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.5-bk AT_GID clash
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 18:34:11 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021113073411.GF513@frodo.melbourne.sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20021113071630.190EC2C077@lists.samba.org>

On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 05:07:03AM +1100, Rusty Russell wrote:
> In message <1037122398.27014.43.camel@jen.americas.sgi.com> you write:
> > 
> > But does everyone who wants to implement a module need to be exposed
> > to all the details of the elf header?
> 
> Well, linux/module.h -> asm/module.h -> linux/elf.h.  Although if you
> use #define instead of typedef you can break the last link.  Feel free
> to send a patch to split it into moduleload.h or something, but I
> think it'll look tiny.
> 
> But IMHO the nameclash needs to be fixed *anyway*, not hacked around,
> or someone else will run over it one day.  AFAICT, changing
> fs/binfmt_elf.c and elf.h to AT_RGID is the simplest.  Both should be
> mildly chastised for using a prefix like AT_ publically.

FWIW, we changed XFS earlier today - it will go to Linus in the
next batch of XFS mods.  We're now using an XFS_AT_* convention
instead.

cheers.

-- 
Nathan

  reply	other threads:[~2002-11-13  7:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-11-12  1:18 2.5-bk AT_GID clash Anders Gustafsson
2002-11-12 17:16 ` Rusty Russell
2002-11-12 17:33   ` Steve Lord
2002-11-12 18:07     ` Rusty Russell
2002-11-13  7:34       ` Nathan Scott [this message]
2002-11-13 11:17       ` linux/elf.h vs linux/module.h [was: 2.5-bk AT_GID clash] Anders Gustafsson
2002-11-14  1:53         ` Rusty Russell
2002-11-13 22:37       ` 2.5-bk AT_GID clash Paul Mackerras
2002-11-12 18:07   ` Christoph Hellwig
2002-11-12 22:50   ` Anders Gustafsson
2002-11-14  6:44     ` Rusty Russell
2002-11-14 13:26       ` Anders Gustafsson

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