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| From | Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 4/8] x86: stop exporting msr-index.h to userland |
| Date | 2017-01-13 17:40 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <sZd3t-389-41@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 05:08:34PM +0100, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
> Le 13/01/2017 à 16:43, David Howells a écrit :
> >> -header-y += msr-index.h
> >
> > I see it on my desktop as /usr/include/asm/msr-index.h and it's been there at
> > least four years - and as such it's part of the UAPI. I don't think you can
> > remove it unless you can guarantee there are no userspace users.
> I keep it in the v2 of the series, but the maintainer, Borislav Petkov, asks me
> to un-export it.
>
> I will follow the maintainer decision.
I'm not the maintainer. I simply think that exporting that file was
wrong because it if we change something in it, we will break userspace.
And that should not happen - if userspace needs MSRs, it should do its
own defines.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.
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Re: [PATCH] uapi: use wildcards to list files Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-01-03 22:40 +0100
Re: [PATCH] uapi: use wildcards to list files Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> - 2017-01-04 10:10 +0100
[PATCH v2 5/7] Makefile.headersinst: cleanup input files Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> - 2017-01-06 10:50 +0100
[PATCH v2 6/7] Makefile.headersinst: remove destination-y option Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> - 2017-01-06 10:50 +0100
[PATCH v2 0/7] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> - 2017-01-06 10:50 +0100
[PATCH v2 1/7] arm: put types.h in uapi Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> - 2017-01-06 10:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] arm: put types.h in uapi Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-01-09 12:40 +0100
Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] arm: put types.h in uapi Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk> - 2017-01-09 13:10 +0100
[PATCH v2 3/7] nios2: put setup.h in uapi Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> - 2017-01-06 10:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH v2 3/7] nios2: put setup.h in uapi Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-01-09 12:40 +0100
[PATCH v2 2/7] h8300: put bitsperlong.h in uapi Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> - 2017-01-06 10:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] x86: put msr-index.h in uapi Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-01-06 13:20 +0100
Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] x86: put msr-index.h in uapi Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-01-06 22:00 +0100
Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2017-01-09 12:40 +0100
Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com> - 2017-01-11 13:50 +0100
[PATCH v3 5/8] Makefile.headersinst: cleanup input files Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> - 2017-01-13 11:50 +0100
[PATCH v3 4/8] x86: stop exporting msr-index.h to userland Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> - 2017-01-13 11:50 +0100
(none) David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-01-13 16:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH v3 4/8] x86: stop exporting msr-index.h to userland Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> - 2017-01-13 17:10 +0100
Re: [PATCH v3 4/8] x86: stop exporting msr-index.h to userland Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-01-13 17:40 +0100
[PATCH v3 3/8] nios2: put setup.h in uapi Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> - 2017-01-13 11:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH v3 3/8] nios2: put setup.h in uapi Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch> - 2017-01-13 12:00 +0100
[PATCH v3 1/8] arm: put types.h in uapi Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> - 2017-01-13 12:00 +0100
(none) David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-01-13 16:40 +0100
Re: [PATCH v3 1/8] arm: put types.h in uapi Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> - 2017-01-13 17:10 +0100
Re: [PATCH v3 1/8] arm: put types.h in uapi Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk> - 2017-01-13 17:30 +0100
Re: [PATCH v3 1/8] arm: put types.h in uapi David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-01-13 17:40 +0100
Re: [PATCH v3 1/8] arm: put types.h in uapi Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk> - 2017-01-13 18:10 +0100
[PATCH v3 6/8] Makefile.headersinst: remove destination-y option Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> - 2017-01-13 12:00 +0100
[PATCH v3 8/8] uapi: export all arch specifics directories Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> - 2017-01-13 12:00 +0100
[PATCH v3 2/8] h8300: put bitsperlong.h in uapi Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> - 2017-01-13 12:00 +0100
[PATCH v3 0/8] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> - 2017-01-13 12:00 +0100
Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk> - 2017-01-09 13:10 +0100
Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2017-01-09 14:00 +0100
Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> - 2017-01-12 17:00 +0100
Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de> - 2017-01-12 17:40 +0100
Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> - 2017-01-12 17:40 +0100
Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Jeff Epler <jepler@unpythonic.net> - 2017-01-13 02:40 +0100
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