Thread (11 messages) flat view 11 messages, 6 authors, 2016-02-26

Re: [PATCH] uapi glibc compat: fix cases where glibc net/if.h is included before linux/if.h

From: David Miller <hidden>
Date: 2016-02-17 15:46:24
Also in: linux-api, lkml, netfilter-devel

From: Mikko Rapeli <redacted>
Date: Sun,  7 Feb 2016 16:03:21 +0200
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
@@ -68,6 +72,8 @@
  * @IFF_ECHO: echo sent packets. Volatile.
  */
 enum net_device_flags {
+/* for compatibility with glibc net/if.h */
+#if __UAPI_DEF_IF_NET_DEVICE_FLAGS
 	IFF_UP				= 1<<0,  /* sysfs */
 	IFF_BROADCAST			= 1<<1,  /* volatile */
 	IFF_DEBUG			= 1<<2,  /* sysfs */
@@ -84,11 +90,14 @@ enum net_device_flags {
 	IFF_PORTSEL			= 1<<13, /* sysfs */
 	IFF_AUTOMEDIA			= 1<<14, /* sysfs */
 	IFF_DYNAMIC			= 1<<15, /* sysfs */
+#endif /* __UAPI_DEF_IF_NET_DEVICE_FLAGS */
 	IFF_LOWER_UP			= 1<<16, /* volatile */
 	IFF_DORMANT			= 1<<17, /* volatile */
 	IFF_ECHO			= 1<<18, /* volatile */
 };
This is going to get messy is IFF_LOWER_UP, IFF_DORMANT, and IFF_ECHO
get added the the glibc header.  Why not just handle it now with
another __UAPI_DEF_FOO guard so that the additions to net/if.h can
deal with this case too.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
+/* for compatibility with glibc net/if.h */
+#if __UAPI_DEF_IF_NET_DEVICE_FLAGS
 #define IFF_UP				IFF_UP
 #define IFF_BROADCAST			IFF_BROADCAST
 #define IFF_DEBUG			IFF_DEBUG
@@ -105,6 +114,8 @@ enum net_device_flags {
 #define IFF_PORTSEL			IFF_PORTSEL
 #define IFF_AUTOMEDIA			IFF_AUTOMEDIA
 #define IFF_DYNAMIC			IFF_DYNAMIC
+#endif /* __UAPI_DEF_IF_NET_DEVICE_FLAGS */
+
 #define IFF_LOWER_UP			IFF_LOWER_UP
 #define IFF_DORMANT			IFF_DORMANT
 #define IFF_ECHO			IFF_ECHO
Likewise.
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