Re: 2.5-bk AT_GID clash

Paul Mackerras (paulus@samba.org)
Thu, 14 Nov 2002 09:37:52 +1100


Rusty Russell writes:

> But IMHO the nameclash needs to be fixed *anyway*, not hacked around,
> or someone else will run over it one day. AFAICT, changing
> fs/binfmt_elf.c and elf.h to AT_RGID is the simplest. Both should be
> mildly chastised for using a prefix like AT_ publically.

The name (AT_GID) is mandated by the ABI specification IIRC.

Paul.
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