Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756907AbXKFD5Q (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Nov 2007 22:57:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754631AbXKFD5B (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Nov 2007 22:57:01 -0500 Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]:39669 "EHLO astoria.ccjclearline.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752968AbXKFD5A (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Nov 2007 22:57:00 -0500 Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 22:55:25 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: the value in exporting unused header files? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 999 Lines: 27 as part of the output of yet another cleanup script i have, we notice that: $ grep -r if_wanpipe * Documentation/networking/wan-router.txt: if_wanpipe.h WANPIPE Socket definitions include/linux/Kbuild:unifdef-y += if_wanpipe.h include/linux/if_wanpipe.h:* if_wanpipe.h Header file for the Sangoma AF_WANPIPE Socket $ in other words, a header file that is not included by any other file in the tree is still being exported to user space. is that normal? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ======================================================================== - 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/