On Fri, 1 Dec 2017 13:04:51 +0200
Leon Romanovsky <l...@kernel.org> wrote:
> From: Leon Romanovsky <leo...@mellanox.com>
>
> Add asm/posix_types.h header file to the list of needed includes,
> because the headers files in RHEL 6.8 are too old and doesn't
> have declaration of __kernel_long_t.
>
> In file included from ../include/uapi/linux/kernel.h:5,
> from ../include/uapi/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h:4,
> from ../include/xtables.h:20,
> from em_ipset.c:26:
> ../include/uapi/linux/sysinfo.h:9: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list
> before â__kernel_long_tâ
>
> Cc: Riad Abo Raed <ri...@mellanox.com>
> Cc: Guy Ergas <g...@mellanox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leo...@mellanox.com>
> ---
> Stephen,
> I don't know how to properly solve this type of errors and would like to
> hear your guidance on it.
>
> Should I simply add kernel file? Or maybe I need to add HAVE_xxx checks
> to configure script to check __kernel_long_t existence and declare only
> this type?
>
> I also have another build error on RHEL 6.8 system and looking for a
> solution.
>
> In file included from em_ipset.c:26:
> ../include/xtables.h:35:29: error: xtables-version.h: No such file or
> directory
> make[1]: *** [em_ipset.o] Error 1
>
> The iptables-devel is iptables-devel-1.4.7-16.el6.x86_64 so check_xt()
> success, but RH headers don't have xtable-version.h and the relevant defines
> are embedded in the main xtables.h header file.
>
> Thanks
> ---
> include/uapi/asm/posix_types.h | 97
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 97 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 include/uapi/asm/posix_types.h
>
> diff --git a/include/uapi/asm/posix_types.h b/include/uapi/asm/posix_types.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000..5e6ea22b
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/uapi/asm/posix_types.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
> +#ifndef __ASM_GENERIC_POSIX_TYPES_H
> +#define __ASM_GENERIC_POSIX_TYPES_H
> +
> +#include <asm/bitsperlong.h>
> +/*
> + * This file is generally used by user-level software, so you need to
> + * be a little careful about namespace pollution etc.
> + *
> + * First the types that are often defined in different ways across
> + * architectures, so that you can override them.
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef __kernel_long_t
> +typedef long __kernel_long_t;
> +typedef unsigned long __kernel_ulong_t;
> +#endif
> +
> +#ifndef __kernel_ino_t
> +typedef __kernel_ulong_t __kernel_ino_t;
> +#endif
> +
> +#ifndef __kernel_mode_t
> +typedef unsigned int __kernel_mode_t;
> +#endif
> +
> +#ifndef __kernel_pid_t
> +typedef int __kernel_pid_t;
> +#endif
> +
> +#ifndef __kernel_ipc_pid_t
> +typedef int __kernel_ipc_pid_t;
> +#endif
> +
> +#ifndef __kernel_uid_t
> +typedef unsigned int __kernel_uid_t;
> +typedef unsigned int __kernel_gid_t;
> +#endif
> +
> +#ifndef __kernel_suseconds_t
> +typedef __kernel_long_t __kernel_suseconds_t;
> +#endif
> +
> +#ifndef __kernel_daddr_t
> +typedef int __kernel_daddr_t;
> +#endif
> +
> +#ifndef __kernel_uid32_t
> +typedef unsigned int __kernel_uid32_t;
> +typedef unsigned int __kernel_gid32_t;
> +#endif
> +
> +#ifndef __kernel_old_uid_t
> +typedef __kernel_uid_t __kernel_old_uid_t;
> +typedef __kernel_gid_t __kernel_old_gid_t;
> +#endif
> +
> +#ifndef __kernel_old_dev_t
> +typedef unsigned int __kernel_old_dev_t;
> +#endif
> +
> +/*
> + * Most 32 bit architectures use "unsigned int" size_t,
> + * and all 64 bit architectures use "unsigned long" size_t.
> + */
> +#ifndef __kernel_size_t
> +#if __BITS_PER_LONG != 64
> +typedef unsigned int __kernel_size_t;
> +typedef int __kernel_ssize_t;
> +typedef int __kernel_ptrdiff_t;
> +#else
> +typedef __kernel_ulong_t __kernel_size_t;
> +typedef __kernel_long_t __kernel_ssize_t;
> +typedef __kernel_long_t __kernel_ptrdiff_t;
> +#endif
> +#endif
> +
> +#ifndef __kernel_fsid_t
> +typedef struct {
> + int val[2];
> +} __kernel_fsid_t;
> +#endif
> +
> +/*
> + * anything below here should be completely generic
> + */
> +typedef __kernel_long_t __kernel_off_t;
> +typedef long long __kernel_loff_t;
> +typedef __kernel_long_t __kernel_time_t;
> +typedef __kernel_long_t __kernel_clock_t;
> +typedef int __kernel_timer_t;
> +typedef int __kernel_clockid_t;
> +typedef char * __kernel_caddr_t;
> +typedef unsigned short __kernel_uid16_t;
> +typedef unsigned short __kernel_gid16_t;
> +
> +#endif /* __ASM_GENERIC_POSIX_TYPES_H */
> --
> 2.15.1
>
This isn't going to be supportable. The headers in uapi are updated by
a script from kernel, and this version posix_types.h conflicts with what
the kernel creates by make headers_install.
