Re: include/linux/xattr.h: how much userpace visible?

[H. Peter Anvin]

Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> The userspace headers are supposed to hold the part of the kernel
> definitions that glibc (and mayby the attr package) uses. If they happen
> to have their own copy now should not impct the decision what is part of
> the userspace interface for the kernel. So actual usage does not decide
> what is part of the userspace kernel headers but what definitionas are
> definitions the userspace <-> kernel interface.

glibc, or another libc.

Basically, the kernel should be able to export the things that userspace 
needs to be able to correctly speak the ABI.

	-hpa
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