Re: [PATCH net-next v2 05/10] headers, net: Define struct __kernel_sockaddr, replacing struct sockaddr

[David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>]

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:04:51 -0400 (EDT)

> From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:42:48 +0100
> 
>> This #define is in the #ifdef __KERNEL__ section.  I don't want t
>> change all the in-kernel users to say __kernel_sockaddr.  This is
>> just the same as the preceding 'typedef __kernel_sa_family_t
>> sa_family_t' except that you can't create struct aliases that way.
> 
> Aha, I didn't catch that part.  Then this is fine, thanks for
> explaining Ben.

Actually, this patch breaks the build, specifically of ifenslave.c

I'll leave the other patches in, but you'll need to respin this one.

Documentation/networking/ifenslave.c: In function ‘if_getconfig’:
Documentation/networking/ifenslave.c:553:11: error: incompatible types when assigning to type ‘struct sockaddr’ from type ‘struct __kernel_sockaddr’
Documentation/networking/ifenslave.c:559:13: error: incompatible types when assigning to type ‘struct sockaddr’ from type ‘struct __kernel_sockaddr’
Documentation/networking/ifenslave.c:565:11: error: incompatible types when assigning to type ‘struct sockaddr’ from type ‘struct __kernel_sockaddr’
Documentation/networking/ifenslave.c: In function ‘enslave’:
Documentation/networking/ifenslave.c:727:13: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘set_slave_hwaddr’ from incompatible pointer type
Documentation/networking/ifenslave.c:230:12: note: expected ‘struct sockaddr *’ but argument is of type ‘struct __kernel_sockaddr *’
Documentation/networking/ifenslave.c:772:6: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘set_master_hwaddr’ from incompatible pointer type
Documentation/networking/ifenslave.c:229:12: note: expected ‘struct sockaddr *’ but argument is of type ‘struct __kernel_sockaddr *’
Documentation/networking/ifenslave.c:817:2: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘set_master_hwaddr’ from incompatible pointer type
Documentation/networking/ifenslave.c:229:12: note: expected ‘struct sockaddr *’ but argument is of type ‘struct __kernel_sockaddr *’
Documentation/networking/ifenslave.c:821:2: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘set_slave_hwaddr’ from incompatible pointer type
Documentation/networking/ifenslave.c:230:12: note: expected ‘struct sockaddr *’ but argument is of type ‘struct __kernel_sockaddr *’
make[2]: *** [Documentation/networking/ifenslave] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[1]: *** [Documentation/networking] Error 2
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 2