[RFC][PATCH 1/2] fcntl.h: add new definitions for file-private lock cmd values

[Andreas Schwab]

Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> writes:

> Why does glibc have its own definitions for the fcntl F_* cmd values
> instead of using the ones in the uapi kernel headers? Would it not be
> simpler to just have the fcntl.h include those instead of duplicating
> them?

The uapi headers are useless for user space.  They refer to CONFIG_*
macros, and don't have suitable namespace control.

Andreas.

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