netdev - Re: skb_at_tc_ingress helper breaks compilation of oot modules

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Date:	Wed, 20 Apr 2016 10:33:09 -0700
From:	Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To:	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Cc:	Ingo Saitz <ingo@...d.uni-hannover.de>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: skb_at_tc_ingress helper breaks compilation of oot modules

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 12:38:11PM +0200, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> On 04/20/2016 12:21 PM, Ingo Saitz wrote:
> >In Linux 4.5, when CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT is defined, compilation of out of
> >tree modules breaks with undeclared functions/constants. The culprit is:
> >
> >commit fdc5432a7b44ab7de17141beec19d946b9344e91
> >Author: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
> >Date:   Thu Jan 7 15:50:22 2016 +0100
> >
> >     net, sched: add skb_at_tc_ingress helper
> >
> >which uses G_TC_AT and AT_INGRESS but only includes linux/pkt_cls.h,
> >which does not include these #defines for oot builds. Unfortunately I'm
> >not sure what the correct fix is, maybe the uapi folks could help, but i
> >attached a simple testcase and build log (Makefile is straight from
> >kernelnewbies).
> 
> Hmm, your fail.c test case only contains '#include <net/ipv6.h>'?
> 
> Note, upstream kernel never cared about out-of-tree modules, only
> in-tree code. ;) Did you run into an issue with any in-tree code?

I'm glad it broke out of tree module. We should do it more often.
llvm constantly reshuffles internal api to incentivize upstreaming
and working with the community.