linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v06 22/36] uapi linux/reiserfs_xattr.h: use __kernel_size_t instead of size

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Date:   Wed, 9 Aug 2017 02:17:11 +0300
From:   "Dmitry V. Levin" <ldv@...linux.org>
To:     Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli@....fi>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        reiserfs-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v06 22/36] uapi linux/reiserfs_xattr.h: use
 __kernel_size_t instead of size_t

On Sun, Aug 06, 2017 at 06:44:13PM +0200, Mikko Rapeli wrote:
> Fixes userspace compilation error:
> 
> error: unknown type name ‘size_t’
>   size_t length;
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli@....fi>
> Cc: reiserfs-devel@...r.kernel.org
> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h b/include/uapi/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
> index 38fdd648be21..af52b38ef783 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/reiserfs_xattr.h
> @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ struct reiserfs_xattr_header {
>  struct reiserfs_security_handle {
>  	const char *name;
>  	void *value;
> -	size_t length;
> +	__kernel_size_t length;
>  };
>  
>  #endif  /*  _LINUX_REISERFS_XATTR_H  */

I submitted an alternative fix for this bug some time ago, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170228005328.GA27363@altlinux.org


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