Re: [patch] inotify: make user visible types portable

From: Paul Jackson
Date: Fri Oct 01 2004 - 11:25:58 EST


Robert wrote:
> The structure needs to be used exactly the same between the kernel and
> the user. We both agree to that, right? It is user visible.

Certainly the ABI, yes. These stubborn beasts called computers that we
labour over just won't work otherwise.

I'd have no objections to the user header spelling "__u32" where the
kernel header spelled "u32".

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