On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 19:51:12 +0100 Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de_schamphele...@nokia.com> 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. > > Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de_schamphele...@nokia.com> > --- > include/uapi/linux/posix_types.h | 9 +++++++++ > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/posix_types.h > b/include/uapi/linux/posix_types.h > index 9a7a740b..60f3d378 100644 > --- a/include/uapi/linux/posix_types.h > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/posix_types.h > @@ -35,4 +35,13 @@ typedef int __kernel_mqd_t; > > #include <asm/posix_types.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; > +#endif > +#ifndef __kernel_ulong_t > +typedef unsigned long __kernel_ulong_t; > +#endif > + > #endif /* _LINUX_POSIX_TYPES_H */ No. The headers in uapi are automatically generated from the upstream kernel headers. If there are places that need to have backwards compatibility, fix it in the main iproute2 source.
