Re: the __ namespace in the kernel

[Martin Husemann <martin%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 10:51:59AM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> > the issue is about "all" symbols with __ start.
> 
> That's what I don't understand. but whatever ...

In non freestanding environments all symbols starting with __ are reserved
for toolchain/runtime environment implementation. While this does not directly
apply to kernel code, I would prefer to use the same rules there.

Rump moves kernel code outside of the freestanding protection.

Martin