linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ipv6: Unbreak build

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Date:	Thu, 10 Oct 2013 12:48:41 +0200
From:	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: Unbreak build

On Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 07:41:43AM -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-10-09 at 16:14 +0200, Thierry Reding wrote:
> > IPv6 specific fields in struct sock_common are accessed in various
> > places even if IPv6 support is disabled. Fix this by including the
> > fields unconditionally.
> 
> Well no. There is a reason we keep CONFIG_IPV6 at all.
> 
> The right fix is under review :
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/281784/

Yes that's obviously the better fix. In fact doing exactly that was my
first instinct as well, but it seemed to be more invasive and I really
just wanted a temporary fix for the build errors.

I see that David has already applied the above patch, so this band-aid
should no longer be necessary.

Thanks,
Thierry

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