Re: [PATCH] linux/inotify.h: do not include <linux/fcntl.h> inuserspace

From: Adrian Bunk
Date: Tue Sep 16 2008 - 08:58:30 EST


On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 03:22:43PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> <linux/fcntl.h> conflicts with glibc's <fcntl.h>.
>
> It breaks building kdelibs, kdepim and pinot.

We should rather fix the actual bug.

What is the error message?

>...
> --- a/include/linux/inotify.h
> +++ b/include/linux/inotify.h
> @@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
> #ifndef _LINUX_INOTIFY_H
> #define _LINUX_INOTIFY_H
>
> +#ifdef __KERNEL__
> /* For O_CLOEXEC and O_NONBLOCK */
> #include <linux/fcntl.h>
> +#endif
>...

This breaks the header for users of IN_CLOEXEC/IN_NONBLOCK.

cu
Adrian

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