sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/prctl.h

Jes Sorensen jes@linuxcare.com
Sat Mar 10 10:01:00 GMT 2001


>>>>> "Ulrich" == Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> writes:

Ulrich> Jes Sorensen <jes@linuxcare.com> writes:
>> sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/prctl.h is just including linux/prctl.h
>> instead of providing it's own definitions like most other header
>> files do.

Ulrich> There is nothing in this kernel header which can cause
Ulrich> problem.  Not using it simply means adding one more item to
Ulrich> the list of things which can be left behind.

Ok, it was my impression that we wanted to minimize glibc's use of
kernel headers.

Jes



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