Recent binutils releases and linux kernel 2.5.69+

[H. J. Lu]

This is a kernel issue and should be fixed in kernel unless we want
to do something in <sys/sysctl.h>.


H.J.
---
--- include/linux/sysctl.h.user	2003-05-29 07:36:51.000000000 -0700
+++ include/linux/sysctl.h	2003-05-29 08:47:21.000000000 -0700
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 
+#ifdefine __KERNEL__
+#undef __user
+#define __user
+#endif
+
 struct file;
 
 #define CTL_MAXNAME 10		/* how many path components do we allow in a
On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 08:04:46AM -0700, ismail donmez wrote:
> 
> --- "H. J. Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> wrote:
> > What is the problem? Does linux/sysctl.h include
> > linux/compiler.h?
> No it doesnt include it directly. It includes
> linux/kernel.h and linux/kernel.h does a trick like
> 
> #ifdef __KERNEL__
> .......
> #include <linux/compiler.h>
> 
> So we never get __user defined.
> 
> > Does your compiler define __CHECKER__?
> > 
> No.
> 
> Would it be too bad to a trick like
> 
> #include <linux/version.h>
> #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,5,70)
> #define __user
> #endif
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> Regards,
> /ismail
> 
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