[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH][RESEND] do not redefine userspace's NULL #define
From:       Arnd Bergmann <arnd () arndb ! de>
Date:       2012-04-14 9:30:39
Message-ID: 201204140930.39643.arnd () arndb ! de
[Download RAW message or body]

On Saturday 14 April 2012, Lubos Lunak wrote:
>  That's what the original version of my patch did, but Arnd pointed out that 
> other exported headers might use NULL and thus not be self-contained in 
> userspace after this change, breaking backwards source compatibility. But I'd 
> expect such breakages to be rather unlikely (stddef.h is probably pulled in 
> by pretty much everything), so if you're fine with it, I'm ok with this 
> solution too.

Yes, I stand corrected on that one. I have checked that actually no exported
headers rely on the definition of NULL, so your original patch is good.

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]