Re: [PATCH] 2.4.21-rc1: byteorder.h breaks with __STRICT_ANSI__

Thomas Horsten (thomas@horsten.com)
Tue, 6 May 2003 11:47:55 +0200 (CEST)


On Tue, 6 May 2003, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> > In 2.4.21-rc1 some inline functions are added to asm-i386/byteorder.h.
> > When __STRICT_ANSI__ is defined, __u64 doesn't get defined by
> > asm-i386/types.h, but it is used in one of the new inline functions,
> > __arch__swab64.
> >
> > This causes files that use __STRICT_ANSI__ and include any file that
> > relies on byteorder.h to give a compile error:
>
> It's very simple, don't include kernel headers from userland..

What would you suggest as an alternative source for the constants in
linux/cdrom.h when direct CD-ROM access is required (e.g. for audio
ripping)?

In any case, if the __STRICT_ANSI__ conditional is there in types.h, it
should be there in byteorder.h as well.

// Thomas

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