Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 10:34:58AM +0200, Carsten Langgaard wrote: > > The include/linux/personality.h file has changed between the 2.4.3 and > > the 2.4.18 kernel. > > Now there is a define of personality (#define personality(pers) (pers & > > PER_MASK), but that breaks things for the users, if they include this > > file. > > The user wishes to call the glibc personality function (which do the > > syscall), and not use the above definition. > > > > So I guess we need a "#ifdef __KERNEL__" around some of the code in > > include/linux/personality.h (at least around the define of personality), > > which then has to go into the glibc kernel header files. > > > > Any comments ? > > Why is the user program including <linux/personality.h> in the first > place? > It need some personality type defines. > > The right thing to do here is to provide the necessary bits in a glibc > header, probably in bits/personality.h or so. > Agree, that is probably the right way to do it. > > -- > Daniel Jacobowitz Carnegie Mellon University > MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer -- _ _ ____ ___ Carsten Langgaard Mailto:carstenl@mips.com |\ /|||___)(___ MIPS Denmark Direct: +45 4486 5527 | \/ ||| ____) Lautrupvang 4B Switch: +45 4486 5555 TECHNOLOGIES 2750 Ballerup Fax...: +45 4486 5556 Denmark http://www.mips.com
