netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add missing <sys/types.h> include

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Date:   Mon, 22 May 2017 10:24:42 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Baruch Siach <baruch@...s.co.il>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add missing <sys/types.h> include

On Mon, 22 May 2017 16:27:54 +0300
Baruch Siach <baruch@...s.co.il> wrote:

> From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
> 
> The u_intXX_t types are defined in <sys/types.h>, so it should be
> included before using those types. Otherwise, with certain C
> libraries, the build fails with:
> 
> In file included from ../include/iptables.h:4:0,
>                  from m_ipt.c:18:
> ../include/iptables_common.h:47:16: error: unknown type name ‘u_int32_t’
>  #define __le32 u_int32_t
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
> Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach <baruch@...s.co.il>
> ---
>  include/iptables_common.h | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/iptables_common.h b/include/iptables_common.h
> index 9099667ffa6d..2c27a4b61fcd 100644
> --- a/include/iptables_common.h
> +++ b/include/iptables_common.h
> @@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ extern char *lib_dir;
>    extern void init_extensions(void);
>  #endif
>  
> +#include <sys/types.h>
> +
>  #define __be32	u_int32_t
>  #define __le32	u_int32_t
>  #define __be16	u_int16_t

This include file comes from netfilter, so not going to change it in iproute2 repo.