Re: [PATCH 15/21] powerpc: Use generic posix_types.h

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt
Date: Thu Feb 16 2012 - 15:26:45 EST


On Thu, 2012-02-16 at 13:44 +0000, David Howells wrote:
> PowerPC exports __FD_SET() and co. to userspace under some circumstances,
> therefore this patch potentially breaks the userspace ABI. Is this okay, Ben?

I don't know why we would need that in userspace, unless some tools I
don't know about exploit them (hint: there shouldn't be)

I'm happy to remove them and see if anybody complains.

Cheers,
Ben.


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