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authorDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>2012-10-13 10:46:48 +0100
committerDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>2012-10-13 10:46:48 +0100
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parentUAPI: Unexport linux/blk_types.h (diff)
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UAPI: (Scripted) Disintegrate include/linux
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
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+#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_TYPES_H
+#define _UAPI_LINUX_TYPES_H
+
+#include <asm/types.h>
+
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+#ifndef __KERNEL__
+#ifndef __EXPORTED_HEADERS__
+#warning "Attempt to use kernel headers from user space, see http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelHeaders"
+#endif /* __EXPORTED_HEADERS__ */
+#endif
+
+#include <linux/posix_types.h>
+
+
+/*
+ * Below are truly Linux-specific types that should never collide with
+ * any application/library that wants linux/types.h.
+ */
+
+#ifdef __CHECKER__
+#define __bitwise__ __attribute__((bitwise))
+#else
+#define __bitwise__
+#endif
+#ifdef __CHECK_ENDIAN__
+#define __bitwise __bitwise__
+#else
+#define __bitwise
+#endif
+
+typedef __u16 __bitwise __le16;
+typedef __u16 __bitwise __be16;
+typedef __u32 __bitwise __le32;
+typedef __u32 __bitwise __be32;
+typedef __u64 __bitwise __le64;
+typedef __u64 __bitwise __be64;
+
+typedef __u16 __bitwise __sum16;
+typedef __u32 __bitwise __wsum;
+
+/*
+ * aligned_u64 should be used in defining kernel<->userspace ABIs to avoid
+ * common 32/64-bit compat problems.
+ * 64-bit values align to 4-byte boundaries on x86_32 (and possibly other
+ * architectures) and to 8-byte boundaries on 64-bit architectures. The new
+ * aligned_64 type enforces 8-byte alignment so that structs containing
+ * aligned_64 values have the same alignment on 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.
+ * No conversions are necessary between 32-bit user-space and a 64-bit kernel.
+ */
+#define __aligned_u64 __u64 __attribute__((aligned(8)))
+#define __aligned_be64 __be64 __attribute__((aligned(8)))
+#define __aligned_le64 __le64 __attribute__((aligned(8)))
+
+#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
+#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_TYPES_H */