linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] virtio: don't expose u16 in userspace api

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Date:	Sun, 05 May 2013 16:58:25 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	stephen@...workplumber.org
Cc:	jasowang@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, akong@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio: don't expose u16 in userspace api

From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 17:49:41 -0700

> Programs using virtio headers outside of kernel will no longer
> build because u16 type does not exist in userspace. All user ABI
> must use __u16 typedef instead.
> 
> Bug introduce by:
>   commit 986a4f4d452dec004697f667439d27c3fda9c928
>   Author: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
>   Date:   Fri Dec 7 07:04:56 2012 +0000
> 
>     virtio_net: multiqueue support
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>

Applied and queued up for -stable.
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