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author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2011-08-07 22:48:07 -0700 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2011-08-07 22:48:07 -0700 |
commit | 6602a4baf4d1a73cc4685a39ef859e1c5ddf654c (patch) | |
tree | d25eac2abeb52608af77e55b1acd56c8904aecea /Documentation/bad_memory.txt | |
parent | dd23198e58cd35259dd09e8892bbdb90f1d57748 (diff) |
net: Make userland include of netlink.h more sane.
Currently userland will barf when including linux/netlink.h unless it
precisely includes sys/socket.h first. The issue is where the
definition of "sa_family_t" comes from.
We've been back and forth on how to fix this issue in the past, see:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.bugs.general/622621
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/143380
Ben Hutchings suggested we take a hint from how we handle the
sockaddr_storage type. First we define a "__kernel_sa_family_t"
to linux/socket.h that is always defined.
Then if __KERNEL__ is defined, we also define "sa_family_t" as
equal to "__kernel_sa_family_t".
Then in places like linux/netlink.h we use __kernel_sa_family_t
in user visible datastructures.
Reported-by: Michel Machado <michel@digirati.com.br>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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