Hi Quentin,

On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 5:01 PM Quentin Schulz <quentin.sch...@cherry.de>
wrote:

> Hi Yishai,
>
> On 10/30/24 3:54 PM, Yishai Jaffe via Lists.Yoctoproject.Org wrote:
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> > Thanks Quentin,
> > Changing the include to uapi/linux/sched/types.h solved the issue.
> > But just so I'm clear on this - Can you explain when I should use uapi
> headers vs when to use the regular linux/xxx headers?
> >
>
> You should include the header where the structure is defined.
>
> The "issue" in Yocto is that the headers aren't coming from your kernel
> sources but from a generic linux kernel header recipe, and this is made
> on purpose. The generic linux kernel header recipe is at 6.6 in
> Scarthgap. Styhead has 6.10. The structure is defined in a different
> header in 6.6 and in 6.7+ (including 6.10), so your out-of-tree module
> needs the path from 6.6 in order to compile in Scarthgap, but will need
> another path from 6.7+ in order to compile in Styhead.
>
>
I think my question wasn't clear enough.
I meant to ask about the general usage of uapi header files.
When are definitions put in the uapi headers and when are they in the
regular linux headers?


> You can handle that via #if in your code, if you need the exact same
> source code to build on different Yocto/kernel versions. That is the
> cross to bear when one develops out of tree kernel modules sadly.
>
> Cheers,
> Quentin
>
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