From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Cc: "linux-kbuild" <linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>,
Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/39] kbuild: fix header export when __ASSEMBLY__ is used
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 00:41:07 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200906060041.07600.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1244245377-17441-17-git-send-email-sam@ravnborg.org>
On Friday 05 June 2009 11:42:35 pm Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> Because it does not know __ASSEMBLY__ it does not
> detect that htis is not for userspace.
> This caused too much code to be exported, and headers_check barfed
> over this code.
>
> For arm this fixes following "make headers_check" warning:
> /usr/include/asm/hwcap.h:29: extern's make no sense in userspace
Are you sure that this is safe for all user space? If a user application
for instance includes asm/signal.h or asm/types.h from assembly (for
whatever reason), it now breaks.
I can't think of a good reason why anyone would do such a thing,
but it used to be possible.
Arnd <><
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-06-06 0:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-06-05 23:37 kbuild-next content Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 01/39] kconfig: handle comment entries within choice/endchoice Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 02/39] kbuild, deb-pkg: minor general improvements in builddeb script Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 03/39] kbuild, deb-pkg: refactor code to reduce duplication Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 04/39] kbuild, deb-pkg: fix 'file not found' error when building .deb package for arm Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 05/39] kbuild, deb-pkg: pass Debian maintainer script parameters to packaging hook scripts Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 06/39] kbuild, deb-pkg: allow to specify a custom revision for .deb packages Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 07/39] kbuild, deb-pkg: allow alternative hook scripts directory in " Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 08/39] kbuild, deb-pkg: improve changelog entry and package descriptions Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 09/39] kbuild, deb-pkg: generate debian/copyright file Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 10/39] kbuild, deb-pkg: improve maintainer identification Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 11/39] kbuild, deb-pkg: improve Source field Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 12/39] kbuild, deb-pkg: fix generated package name Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 13/39] kbuild, deb-pkg: fix Provides field Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 14/39] kbuild, deb-pkg: fix Section field Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 15/39] kbuild, deb-pkg: bump standards version Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 16/39] initconst adjustments Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 17/39] kbuild: fix header export when __ASSEMBLY__ is used Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-06 0:41 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2009-06-06 5:45 ` Jaswinder Singh Rajput
2009-06-06 6:05 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-06 8:14 ` Russell King
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 18/39] kbuild/headers_check: refine extern check Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-06 0:46 ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-06-06 8:38 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-06 15:25 ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-06-08 1:31 ` Amerigo Wang
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 19/39] kbuild: clean up scripts/headers.sh Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 20/39] kbuild: allow docproc invocation from external Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 21/39] kbuild/Documentation: Incorrect makefile syntax in example Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 22/39] kbuild: remove extra ifdef/endif of top Makefile Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 23/39] kconfig: fix typo "mconfig" to "menuconfig" in a comment Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 24/39] kconfig: add a note about the deps to the 'silentoldconfig' help Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 25/39] kconfig: resort the documentation of the environment variables Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 26/39] gitignore: ignore Kconfig i18n files Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 27/39] kconfig qconf: fix -Wall compiler warnings Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 28/39] kconfig qconf: fix namespace for Horizontal and Vertical enum values Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 29/39] kconfig qconf: add namespace for use of Key_ " Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 30/39] kconfig qconf: fix the type of the desktop widget Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 31/39] kconfig: do not hardcode ".config" filename Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 32/39] kconfig: do not hardcode "include/config/auto.conf" filename Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 33/39] kernel/kallsyms.c: replace deprecated __initcall with device_initcall and fix whitespace Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 34/39] scripts/headers_check.pl: correct RE in header CONFIG leak check Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 35/39] kbuild: add hint about __refdata to modpost Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 36/39] menu: fix embedded menu presentation Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 37/39] Remove bashisms from scripts Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 38/39] ignore *.patch files Sam Ravnborg
2009-06-05 23:42 ` [PATCH 39/39] kbuild: fix "Argument list too long" error for "make headers_check", Sam Ravnborg
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