netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2] configure: Remove include <sys/stat.h>

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Date:   Wed, 21 Dec 2022 19:25:25 -0800
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, heiko.thiery@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] configure: Remove include <sys/stat.h>

On Wed, 21 Dec 2022 23:53:04 +0100
Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de> wrote:

> The check_name_to_handle_at() function in the configure script is
> including sys/stat.h. This include fails with glibc 2.36 like this:
> ````
> In file included from /linux-5.15.84/include/uapi/linux/stat.h:5,
>                  from /toolchain-x86_64_gcc-12.2.0_glibc/include/bits/statx.h:31,
>                  from /toolchain-x86_64_gcc-12.2.0_glibc/include/sys/stat.h:465,
>                  from config.YExfMc/name_to_handle_at_test.c:3:
> /linux-5.15.84/include/uapi/linux/types.h:10:2: warning: #warning "Attempt to use kernel headers from user space, see https://kernelnewbies.org/KernelHeaders" [-Wcpp]
>    10 | #warning "Attempt to use kernel headers from user space, see https://kernelnewbies.org/KernelHeaders"
>       |  ^~~~~~~
> In file included from /linux-5.15.84/include/uapi/linux/posix_types.h:5,
>                  from /linux-5.15.84/include/uapi/linux/types.h:14:
> /linux-5.15.84/include/uapi/linux/stddef.h:5:10: fatal error: linux/compiler_types.h: No such file or directory
>     5 | #include <linux/compiler_types.h>
>       |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> compilation terminated.
> ````
> 
> Just removing the include works, the manpage of name_to_handle_at() says
> only fcntl.h is needed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>

Please add a Fixes tag.

Fixes: c5b72cc56bf8 ("lib/fs: fix issue when {name,open}_to_handle_at() is not implemented")
Cc: heiko.thiery@...il.com