netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2] ss: fix compilation under glibc

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Date:   Thu, 21 Feb 2019 08:43:08 +0100
From:   Thomas De Schampheleire <patrickdepinguin@...il.com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de_schampheleire@...ia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] ss: fix compilation under glibc < 2.18

El jue., 21 feb. 2019 a las 2:53, Stephen Hemminger
(<stephen@...workplumber.org>) escribió:
>
> On Wed, 20 Feb 2019 15:41:51 +0100
> Thomas De Schampheleire <patrickdepinguin@...il.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de_schampheleire@...ia.com>
> >
> > Commit c759116a0b2b6da8df9687b0a40ac69050132c77 introduced support for
> > AF_VSOCK. This define is only provided since glibc version 2.18, so
> > compilation fails when using older toolchains.
> >
> > Provide the necessary definitions if needed.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de_schampheleire@...ia.com>
>
> Not sure why you would want new iproute2 with a 5 year old version of glibc?
> Yes that means update your tool chain.
>

This problem is noticed for an embedded system. It has up-to-date
applications and libraries (built via Buildroot) but the toolchain and
kernel are supplied by the SoC vendor (in this case Marvell, formerly
Cavium Networks). Unfortunately their toolchain is lagging behind and
is still using glibc 2.16.

I could handle this patch locally, but I think there may be other
people in a similar situation which would benefit from an upstream
fix.

Best regards,
Thomas