Re: [PATCH 1/2] libnvdimm: add missing macros

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From	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
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Subject	Re: [PATCH 1/2] libnvdimm: add missing macros
Date	Fri, 08 Jul 2016 21:40:01 +0200
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On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 9:29 AM, Eric Engestrom
<eric.engestrom@imgtec.com> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Eric Engestrom <eric.engestrom@imgtec.com>
> ---
>
> This can't compile without these macros… Is this header really used by anyone?
> Should it be removed, to avoid bit-rot?

It's used by ndctl [1].  You can't use it directly in userspace, you
need the kernel's "make headers_install" to strip out the
kernel-specific macros.

[1]: https://github.com/pmem/ndctl

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