Re: [RFC] Splitting out kernel<=>userspace ABI headers

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

Kyle Moffett wrote:
> 
>> The world would be so much nicer a place if user space were free
>> to #include linux/* header files rather than keeping a
>> per-project private copy of all kernel structs of interest.
> 
> Exactly!  This is why I want to create kcore/* and kabi/* that
> define the appropriate types, then both userspace and the kernel
> could use whatever types fit their fancy, defined in terms of the
> __kcore_ and __kabi_ types, which could be _depended_ on to exist
> because they are guaranteed not to conflict with other namespaces
> 

Agreed.  We should use well-defined namespaces that won't conflict. 
However, I think the __[us][0-9]+ namespace can be considered 
well-established.

	-hpa