Re: Recent changes to sysctl.h breaks glibc

[H. Peter Anvin]

Miles Bader wrote:
> "H. Peter Anvin" <[e-mail]> writes:
> 
>>Types use the __kernel_* namespace *only*; structures use struct __kernel_*.
> 
> 
> What, do you mean _every_ kernel internal type would use such names?
> That's completely horrid...
> 

No, I don't mean that.

The kernel-internal headers would typedef these to different names, e.g.

/* linux/types.h */

#include <linux/abi/types.h>

/* Kernel internal types */
typedef __kernel_dev64_t dev_t;
typedef __kernel_ino_t ino_t;

... etc ...

	-hpa