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Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:18:46 +0200
From: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de>
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Subject: asm-x86/byteorder.h, CONFIG_X86_BSWAP leaks to userland
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What is the purpose of CONFIG_X86_BSWAP in asm-x86/byteorder.h?

An undefined CONFIG_foo defaults to 0 (I think), so bswap is never used.
Is this done on purpose, or can the CONFIG_ foo be moved inside
__KERNEL__ somehow?

Olaf