netdev - Re: [patch 1/1] net/ipv6/route.c: work around gcc-4.4.4 anon union initializer issue

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Date:   Mon, 15 Jan 2018 14:28:50 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, dsahern@...il.com, idosch@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] net/ipv6/route.c: work around gcc-4.4.4 anon union
 initializer issue

From: akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 16:18:27 -0800

> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Subject: net/ipv6/route.c: work around gcc-4.4.4 anon union initializer issue
> 
> gcc-4.4.4 has problems with initializers of anonymous union fields.
> 
> net/ipv6/route.c: In function 'rt6_sync_up':
> net/ipv6/route.c:3586: error: unknown field 'nh_flags' specified in initializer
> net/ipv6/route.c:3586: warning: missing braces around initializer
> net/ipv6/route.c:3586: warning: (near initialization for 'arg.<anonymous>')
> net/ipv6/route.c: In function 'rt6_sync_down_dev':
> net/ipv6/route.c:3695: error: unknown field 'event' specified in initializer
> net/ipv6/route.c:3695: warning: missing braces around initializer
> net/ipv6/route.c:3695: warning: (near initialization for 'arg.<anonymous>')
> 
> Fixes: 2127d95aef6c ("ipv6: Clear nexthop flags upon netdev up")
> Cc: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>

Ido sent me a patch which fixes this and it's in my net-next tree now.

Thank you.