Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932145AbWIIM65 (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Sep 2006 08:58:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932149AbWIIM65 (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Sep 2006 08:58:57 -0400 Received: from alpha.polcom.net ([83.143.162.52]:23495 "EHLO alpha.polcom.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932145AbWIIM6y (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Sep 2006 08:58:54 -0400 Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 14:58:47 +0200 (CEST) From: Grzegorz Kulewski To: Jeff Garzik Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux/magic.h for magic numbers In-Reply-To: <20060909110245.GA9617@havoc.gtf.org> Message-ID: References: <20060909110245.GA9617@havoc.gtf.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 849 Lines: 22 On Sat, 9 Sep 2006, Jeff Garzik wrote: > An IRC discussion sparked a memory: most filesystems really don't > need to put anything at all in include/linux. Excluding API-ish > filesystems like procfs, just about the only filesystem symbols that > get exported outside of __KERNEL__ are the *_SUPER_MAGIC symbols, > and similar symbols. > > After seeing the useful attributes of linux/poison.h, I propose a > similar linux/magic.h. But... if some patch changes this file (like adding new magic symbol) it will cause large part of the kernel to rebuild without any good reason. No? Grzegorz Kulewski - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/