netdev - Re: [PATCH v06 35/36] uapi linux/tls.h: don't include <net/tcp.h> in user space

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Date:   Mon, 4 Sep 2017 19:15:11 +0300
From:   "Dmitry V. Levin" <ldv@...linux.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli@....fi>,
        Dave Watson <davejwatson@...com>,
        Ilya Lesokhin <ilyal@...lanox.com>,
        Aviad Yehezkel <aviadye@...lanox.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v06 35/36] uapi linux/tls.h: don't include <net/tcp.h> in
 user space

On Wed, Aug 09, 2017 at 02:25:54AM +0300, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 06, 2017 at 06:44:26PM +0200, Mikko Rapeli wrote:
> > It is not needed and not part of uapi headers, but causes
> > user space compilation error:
> > 
> > fatal error: net/tcp.h: No such file or directory
> >  #include <net/tcp.h>
> >                      ^
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli@....fi>
> > Cc: Dave Watson <davejwatson@...com>
> > Cc: Ilya Lesokhin <ilyal@...lanox.com>
> > Cc: Aviad Yehezkel <aviadye@...lanox.com>
> > ---
> >  include/uapi/linux/tls.h | 2 ++
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/tls.h b/include/uapi/linux/tls.h
> > index cc1d21db35d8..d87c698623f2 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/linux/tls.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/tls.h
> > @@ -37,7 +37,9 @@
> >  #include <asm/byteorder.h>
> >  #include <linux/socket.h>
> >  #include <linux/tcp.h>
> > +#ifdef __KERNEL__
> >  #include <net/tcp.h>
> > +#endif
> 
> Let's move it to include/net/tls.h instead.

So everybody ignored this and *new* uapi header was released
in a totally unusable form along with v4.13.


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