linux-kernel - Re: [netfilter-core] [PATCH 07/11] UAPI: netfilter: Fix symbol collision issues [ver #2]

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Date:   Fri, 28 Sep 2018 15:07:04 +0200
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-api@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        coreteam@...filter.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [netfilter-core] [PATCH 07/11] UAPI: netfilter: Fix symbol
 collision issues [ver #2]

On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 10:19:11AM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> The netfilter UAPI headers have some symbol collision issues:
> 
>  (1) "enum nfnl_acct_msg_types" is defined twice, and each definition is
>      completely different.
> 
>      Fix this by renaming the one in nfnetlink_cthelper.h to be "enum
>      nfnl_cthelper_types" to be consistent with the other things in that
>      file.
> 
>  (2) There's a disagreement between ipt_ECN.h and ipt_ecn.h over the
>      definition of various IPT_ECN_* constants, leading to an error over
>      IPT_ECN_IP_MASK being substituted when being defined as an enum value
>      in ipt_ecn.h if ipt_ECN.h is #included first.
> 
>      Fix this by removing the conflicting constants from ipt_ECN.h and
>      including ipt_ecn.h instead.

David, may I upstream this or you will pass it to Greg? I can just
take this, as you prefer.

Thanks.