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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Use stddef.h in Mini-OS to define size_t

To: ramsdell@xxxxxxxxx (John D. Ramsdell)
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Use stddef.h in Mini-OS to define size_t
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 16:59:19 +0100
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On 1 May 2006, at 16:10, John D. Ramsdell wrote:

Please patch Mini-OS so that it uses stddef.h to define size_t and
NULL. This problem fixes errors that occur when linking Mini-OS with
ANSI standard code that uses stddef.h.

Linux goes to considerable pain to ensure that stdarg.h is the only system header that it needs to include. stddef.h looks like it ought to be safe in a kernel environment, but would it not be just as easy to modify the files that you are adding to the build? They're not being built in anything like a standard C environment: I would have thought that stddef.h would be the tip of the iceberg.

 -- Keir


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