Re: [PATCH] VSOCK: fix uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h incomplete types
From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2017-09-15 21:14:34
From: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 17:34:35 +0100
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This patch fixes the following compiler errors when userspace applications use the vm_sockets.h header: include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h:148:32: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘struct sockaddr’ unsigned char svm_zero[sizeof(struct sockaddr) - ^~~~~~ include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h:149:18: error: ‘sa_family_t’ undeclared here (not in a function) sizeof(sa_family_t) - ^~~~~~~~~~~ Two issues: 1. In the kernel struct sockaddr comes in via <linux/socket.h> but in userspace <sys/socket.h> is required. 2. struct sockaddr_vm has a __kernel_sa_family_t field so let's be consistent and use the same type for the sizeof(sa_family_t) calculation. Currently userspace applications work around this broken header by first including <sys/socket.h>. In the kernel there is no compiler error because <linux/socket.h> provides everything. It's worth fixing the header file though. Cc: Jorgen Hansen <redacted> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> --- include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h b/include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h index b4ed5d895699..4ae5c625ac56 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/vm_sockets.h@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ #include <linux/socket.h> +#ifndef __KERNEL__ +#include <sys/socket.h> /* struct sockaddr */ +#endif +
There is no precedence whatsoever to include sys/socket.h in _any_ UAPI header file provided by the kernel. __kernel_sa_family_t is what should be used in UAPI headers, only non-UAPI headers can use plain sa_family_t. So that is the correct fix for this problem. Thank you.