[RFC][PATCH 0/2] KABI example conversion and cleanup

Kyle Moffett
2006-03-26T11:52:29Z

On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:46:27 -0500 Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com> wrote:
> I'm working on some sample patches now which I'll try to post in a
> few days if I get the time.

Ok, here's a sample of the KABI conversion and cleanup patches that I'm
proposing. I have a few fundamental goals for these patches:
1) The Linux kernel compiles and works at every step along the way
2) Since most of the headers are currently quite broken with respect to
GLIBC and userspace, I won't spend much extra time preserving
compatibility with GLIBC, userspace, or non-GCC compilers.
3) Everything in include/kabi will have a __kabi_ or __KABI_ prefix.
4) Headers in include/linux that need the KABI interfaces will include
the corresponding <kabi/*.h> header and define or typedef the
necessary KABI definitions to the names the kernel wants.
5) The stuff in include/kabi/*.h should always be completely independent
of userspace/kernelspace and not require any includes outside of
<kabi/*>. This means that the only preprocessor symbols that we can
assume are present are those provided by the compiler itself.

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett