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Message-ID: <4f043e4a-472f-5edb-47cc-695ffd9b5d2a@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 26 Feb 2018 22:38:51 +0200
From:   Serhey Popovych <serhe.popovych@...il.com>
To:     Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de_schampheleire@...ia.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] Fix compilation with kernel headers < 3.4

Thomas De Schampheleire wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 09:46:41PM +0200, Serhey Popovych wrote:
>> Since commit 596b1c94aa38e21b7a8c8562e8b61ccb744255d2, iproute2 uses types
>> __kernel_long_t and __kernel_ulong_t but does not provide internal
>> definitions for it.
>>
>> This means that compilation using kernel headers that are older than 3.4
>> (where these types were added) will fail. This situation may be uncommon for
>> native compilation, but not uncommon for cross compilation where the
>> toolchains may be a bit older.
>>
>> Provide the necessary types internally if not provided by the kernel
>> headers to fix compilation in such cases.
>>
>> Co-Developed-by: Serhii Popovych <serhe.popovych@...il.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de_schampheleire@...ia.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Serhey Popovych <serhe.popovych@...il.com>
>> ---
>>  include/linux/sysinfo.h |   14 ++++++++++++++
>>  misc/ss.c               |   10 ++++++++++
>>  2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 include/linux/sysinfo.h
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/sysinfo.h b/include/linux/sysinfo.h
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..766de8d
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/include/linux/sysinfo.h
>> @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
>> +#ifndef _SYSINFO_COMPAT_H
>> +#define _SYSINFO_COMPAT_H
>> +
>> +/* In case the kernel header asm/posix_types.h is too old (< 3.4) to provide
>> + * __kernel_long_t, provide it here
>> + */
>> +#ifndef __kernel_long_t
>> +typedef long		__kernel_long_t;
>> +typedef unsigned long	__kernel_ulong_t;
>> +#endif
>> +
>> +#include_next <linux/sysinfo.h>
>> +
>> +#endif /* _SYSINFO_COMPAT_H */
>> diff --git a/misc/ss.c b/misc/ss.c
>> index e047f9c..de5a673 100644
>> --- a/misc/ss.c
>> +++ b/misc/ss.c
>> @@ -46,6 +46,16 @@
>>  #include <linux/sctp.h>
>>  #include <linux/vm_sockets_diag.h>
>>  
>> +#ifndef AF_VSOCK
>> +#define AF_VSOCK	40
>> +#if defined(AF_MAX) && AF_MAX < 41
>> +#undef AF_MAX
>> +#endif
>> +#ifndef AF_MAX
>> +#define AF_MAX		41
>> +#endif /* AF_MAX */
>> +#endif /* AF_VSOCK */
>> +
>>  #define MAGIC_SEQ 123456
>>  #define BUF_CHUNK (1024 * 1024)
>>  #define LEN_ALIGN(x) (((x) + 1) & ~1)
> 
> Thanks, this patch works fine in my use case too.
> 
> I can't judge the changes in ss.c. I did not see such problems, but my toolchain
> is based on 3.3 kernel headers.

Well, I tested this with 3.2 kernels (oldest supported) in Debian 7
(Wheezy) environment:

ss.c:294:15: error: 'AF_VSOCK' undeclared here (not in a function)
ss.c:323:2: error: array index in initializer not of integer type
ss.c:323:2: error: (near initialization for 'default_afs')
make[1]: *** [ss.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make: *** [all] Error 2

Look at your 3.3 headers, probably they provide some redefine for
AF_VSOCK. In stock linux-stable/linux-3.3.y I see no AF_VSOCK, so
probably I will get same error as above (however not checked yet).

> 
> Best regards,
> Thomas
> 



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