Re: ptrdiff_t in the kernel

[Matt Thomas <matt%3am-software.com@localhost>]

On Dec 2, 2013, at 5:58 PM, Lourival Vieira Neto 
<lourival.neto%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
> 
> Is there a reason to do not have ptrdiff_t defined in the kernel?
> Shouldn't be OK to define it in sys/cdefs.h? Or even for having
> stddef.h itself in the kernel?

It is defined in the kernel and comes from <machine/ansi.h> via
<sys/types.h>.

No, <stddef.h> is not allowed in the kernel.  Symbols from it are
provided via other means.