Re: [PATCH] Do not export PAGE_SIZE to userspace.

On 10/23/07, Kirill A. Shutemov <[email protected]> wrote:
> On [Tue, 23.10.2007 12:22], Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On 10/23/07, Kirill A. Shutemov <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Userspace should use getpagesize() or sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE) to get memory
> > > page size.
> >
> > please go back through the archives and read the history here.  we
> > should work at dropping page.h completely, not making it an empty
> > file.
>
> Do you mean page.h shouldn't be exported to userspace

yes

> or should be dropped from kernelspace too?

noooooooooooooooooo

;)
-mike
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