[Bug libc/20050] Using Linux Kernel headers in bit/fnctl.h

["ceneblock at member dot fsf.org" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20050

--- Comment #2 from ceneblock at member dot fsf.org ---
(In reply to joseph@codesourcery.com from comment #1)
> <https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Synchronizing_Headers> describes 
> consensus on how to handle duplication between kernel and userspace 
> headers.  If you wish to extend this to other headers, you should make a 
> proposal on libc-alpha.  I don't think it can sensibly be extended to 
> bits/fcntl.h, however, because that header is very sensitive to namespace 
> issues for a wide range of standards supported by glibc, whereas the 
> kernel headers don't deal with such namespace issues at all.

Yes, I've found that my patch did not actually work. As far as it being
sensitive, because it is supposed to support a wide array of OS, that might not
be so hard to solve: #ifdef __gnu_linux__
                     #include <asm-generic/fcntl.h>


I'll give the wiki page a read.

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