On Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:00:19 +0200 David Marchand <[email protected]> wrote:
> We import and update all uapi headers or none in DPDK, for a given > kernel version. > And the CI checks that the imported headers are aligned with the > announced kernel version (meaning that we can't update our local copy > of the header). > > We could import linux/stddef.h but it may become a problem in the future. > Or pass a -D'__counted_by(a)=' option in the DPDK project CFLAGS if > the compiler does not support __counted_by... > Or another option would be to update all users of linux/vfio.h in DPDK... :-( > > Other ideas? I think you need to have headers as a complete set. For iproute2 ended up having to build a dependency graph so if foo.h includes bar.h that both foo.h and bar.h are in private tree. Yes it is a nuisance, but you can't expect kernel to support header cherry picking.
