linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vfs: use UAPI types for new struct delegation definition

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Message-ID: <20251205-marzipan-entmilitarisieren-3b0c7b882009@brauner>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 09:52:21 +0100
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>, 
	Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>, Alexander Aring <alex.aring@...il.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfs: use UAPI types for new struct delegation definition

On Thu, Dec 04, 2025 at 10:17:01AM +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 04, 2025 at 10:02:05AM +0100, Christian Brauner wrote:
> > On Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:57:57 +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> > > Using libc types and headers from the UAPI headers is problematic as it
> > > introduces a dependency on a full C toolchain.
> > > 
> > > Use the fixed-width integer types provided by the UAPI headers instead.
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > Applied to the vfs-6.20.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
> > Patches in the vfs-6.20.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Given that this is a bugfix is there any chance to get it into v6.19?
> Preferably even -rc1? This is currently breaking the nolibc tests.

Yeah, I guess so.