Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 17:55:19 +0100 From: David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org> To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> Cc: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: RFC: libkern version of inet_ntoa_r Message-ID: <CBCC6E24-8D03-422E-B571-1B62FB7667E6@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20120729095833.GB80946@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> References: <20120725155211.GA33971@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1207282213171.4474@ai.fobar.qr> <20120729095833.GB80946@onelab2.iet.unipi.it>
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On 29 Jul 2012, at 10:58, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > 3. nuke inet_ntoa_r() from libc inet_ntoa_r is a public symbol and therefore part of our ABI contract = with userspace applications. Even if no one that we are aware of is = using it, we should officially deprecate it for one major release before = removing it. ABI churn for purely aesthetic reasons does not make users = happy people. =20 > I need it because i would like to compile parts of the kernel in = userspace, > and having a kernel function with the same name and different = arguments > from of a libc function is annoying. Presumably this usage can be trivially fixed with a trivial macro in a = prefix header? David=
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