Re: [RESEND PATCH 1/1] bitops.h: move out get_count_order[_long]() from KERNEL scope

From	Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [RESEND PATCH 1/1] bitops.h: move out get_count_order[_long]() from __KERNEL__ scope
Date	2016-08-18 03:10 +0200
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On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 07:51:19AM +0800, zijun_hu wrote:
> > What the hell is anything without __KERNEL__ doing with linux/bitops.h in
> > the first place?  IOW, why do we have those ifdefs at all?
> > 
> 
> __KERNEL__ is used to indicate the relevant sections within kernel
> headers can't be exported to or used by user space

ITYM "used to be used".  These days it's "everything outside of */uapi/*.h
can't be exported"...

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[PATCH 1/1] bitops.h: move out get_count_order[_long]() from  __KERNEL__ scope zijun_hu <zijun_hu@zoho.com> - 2016-08-16 08:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 1/1] bitops.h: move out get_count_order[_long]() from  __KERNEL__ scope Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> - 2016-08-16 09:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 1/1] bitops.h: move out get_count_order[_long]() from  __KERNEL__ scope zijun_hu <zijun_hu@zoho.com> - 2016-08-16 09:30 +0200
  [RESEND PATCH 1/1] bitops.h: move out get_count_order[_long]() from  __KERNEL__ scope zijun_hu <zijun_hu@zoho.com> - 2016-08-16 09:50 +0200
    Re: [RESEND PATCH 1/1] bitops.h: move out get_count_order[_long]()  from __KERNEL__ scope Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> - 2016-08-17 19:30 +0200
      Re: [RESEND PATCH 1/1] bitops.h: move out get_count_order[_long]()  from __KERNEL__ scope zijun_hu <zijun_hu@zoho.com> - 2016-08-18 02:00 +0200
        Re: [RESEND PATCH 1/1] bitops.h: move out get_count_order[_long]()  from __KERNEL__ scope zijun_hu <zijun_hu@zoho.com> - 2016-08-18 02:20 +0200
          Re: [RESEND PATCH 1/1] bitops.h: move out get_count_order[_long]()  from __KERNEL__ scope Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> - 2016-08-18 02:30 +0200
            Re: [RESEND PATCH 1/1] bitops.h: move out get_count_order[_long]()  from __KERNEL__ scope zijun_hu <zijun_hu@zoho.com> - 2016-08-18 03:00 +0200
        Re: [RESEND PATCH 1/1] bitops.h: move out get_count_order[_long]()  from __KERNEL__ scope Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> - 2016-08-18 03:10 +0200

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