linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] tools/virtio: drop phys_addr

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Date:   Tue, 12 Jul 2022 04:59:44 +0000
From:   Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>
To:     Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
CC:     mst <mst@...hat.com>,
        virtualization <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] tools/virtio: drop phys_addr_t typedef

> Subject: Re: [PATCH] tools/virtio: drop phys_addr_t typedef

Would anyone pick up this patch? Or any comments?

Thanks,
Peng.

> 
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 9:39 AM Peng Fan (OSS) <peng.fan@....nxp.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > From: Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>
> >
> > With commit 884ee1e585ca ("tools/include: Add phys_addr_t to
> > types.h"),
> >
> > When building virtio tools, there is a type conficting error:
> >
> > "
> > ./linux/kernel.h:32:28: error: conflicting types for ‘phys_addr_t’
> >    32 | typedef unsigned long long phys_addr_t;
> >       |                            ^~~~~~~~~~~
> > In file included from /usr/include/linux/virtio_blk.h:28,
> >                  from virtio-ivshmem-block.c:29:
> > ../include/linux/types.h:69:13: note: previous declaration of ‘phys_addr_t’
> was here
> >    69 | typedef u32 phys_addr_t;
> >       |             ^~~~~~~~~~~
> > "
> >
> > Let's drop the typedef in tools/virtio/linux/kernel.h
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>
> 
> Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
> 
> > ---
> >  tools/virtio/linux/kernel.h | 1 -
> >  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/virtio/linux/kernel.h b/tools/virtio/linux/kernel.h
> > index 0b493542e61a..1d3248e3f270 100644
> > --- a/tools/virtio/linux/kernel.h
> > +++ b/tools/virtio/linux/kernel.h
> > @@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
> >  #define READ                    0
> >  #define WRITE                   1
> >
> > -typedef unsigned long long phys_addr_t;  typedef unsigned long long
> > dma_addr_t;  typedef size_t __kernel_size_t;  typedef unsigned int
> > __wsum;
> > --
> > 2.25.1
> >