Re: Kernel includefile bug not fixed after a year :-(

Jens Axboe
2003-09-30T12:43:47Z

On Tue, Sep 30 2003, David S. Miller wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:28:32 +0200
> Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Sep 30 2003, David S. Miller wrote:
> > > On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:12:06 +0200
> > > Andreas Steinmetz <ast@domdv.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > Indeed, and equally someone tell me where all the IPSEC socket
> > > interface defines are in glibc? It doesn't matter which tree
> > > you check it won't be there.
> >
> > Did you notify them of the addition?
>
> Nope, and I don't expect them to be checking all the time.
>
> This is as much kernel people's problem as glibc people's.
> We, as kernel people, need a system that the glibc people can
> get this crap automatically. The glibc folks can then just use
> it and everything just works.

Yep, the 'notify them' implies active effort from the kernel developers.

> > Well then change that to 'if you include kernel headers from your user
> > apps, be prepared to pick fix the breakage'.
>
> There is a very small amount of effort necessary to fix this
> particular problem, it won't be the end of the world if we fix the
> kernel header in the actual kernel sources for them.

I'm sure Joerg is quite capable of fixing the problem and making a
patch. That is the least he can do if he wants the problem to be fixed,
whining is well known to be a lot less effective than that.

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Jens Axboe