# Re: strace build error static assertion failed: "XFRM\_MSG\_MAPPING != 0x26"

- From: Steffen Klassert \<steffen.klassert@secunet.com\>
- Date: 2021-10-07 05:58:12 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2021/10/1533645
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2021/10/1533441/t.md

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On Thu, Oct 07, 2021 at 12:51:24AM +0300, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 07, 2021 at 12:48:16AM +0300, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 06, 2021 at 09:43:11PM +0000, Chris Packham wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > When compiling strace-5.14 (although it looks like the same problem 
> > > would exist with bleeding edge strace) with headers from the tip of 
> > > Linus's tree (5.15.0-rc4) I get the following error
> > > 
> > > strace: In file included from static_assert.h:11,
> > > strace:                  from print_fields.h:12,
> > > strace:                  from defs.h:1901,
> > > strace:                  from netlink.c:10:
> > > strace: xlat/nl_xfrm_types.h:162:1: error: static assertion failed: 
> > > "XFRM_MSG_MAPPING != 0x26"
> > > strace:  static_assert((XFRM_MSG_MAPPING) == (0x26), "XFRM_MSG_MAPPING 
> > > != 0x26");
> > > strace:  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > 
> > > It looks like commit 2d151d39073a ("xfrm: Add possibility to set the 
> > > default to block if we have no policy") added some XFRM messages and the 
> > > numbers shifted. Is this considered an ABI breakage?
> > > 
> > > I'm not sure if this is a strace problem or a linux problem so I'm 
> > > reporting it in both places.
> > 
> > Yes, this is already covered by 
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210912122234.GA22469@asgard.redhat.com/T/#u
> > 
> > Thanks,
> 
> I wonder, why the fix hasn't been merged yet, though.

That was due to a delay on my side. I've just sent a pull request
with the fix included.
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