Re: Is shared memory now only for use by the kernel in 2.3.x????

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kenbo@iris.com wrote:
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> Using 2.3.99pre6-6, I noticed that SHMMAX has been moved to linux/shm.h and
> that this file is only useable if you have __KERNEL__ defined, otherwise
> the headers it includes basically blow up due to symbols such as kdev_t not
> getting defined. Was this on purpose? If not, maybe we can fix this,
> because otherwise app builders using shared memory and trying to honor
> system boundaries are going to have some problems.

Do not use kernel headers directly in userspace programs.

        Jeff

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