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From: David Daney <ddaney.cavm@gmail.com>
To: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Greg Ungerer <gerg@snapgear.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove v850 from linux/elf-em.h
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 10:46:54 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <56EC3F0E.8060004@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56EB68B0.8060208@landley.net>

On 03/17/2016 07:32 PM, Rob Landley wrote:
[...]
>
> As I explained last email, userspace uses the libc header, not the linux
> header,

The fallacy in this argument is the assertion that we know what 
userspace does.

Userspace could easily do:

#include <linux/elf-em.h>
.
.
.
    case SYMBOL_YOU_WANT_TO_REMOVE:

  ¡BOOM!  it is broken.

  reply	other threads:[~2016-03-18 17:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-03-15 21:10 [PATCH] Remove v850 from linux/elf-em.h Rob Landley
2016-03-15 23:22 ` David Daney
2016-03-16  7:11   ` Rob Landley
2016-03-17 22:09     ` David Daney
2016-03-18  2:32       ` Rob Landley
2016-03-18 17:46         ` David Daney [this message]
2016-03-19  1:15           ` Rob Landley
2016-03-21 16:39             ` David Daney

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