Re: [PATCH iproute2] iproute2: Fix undeclared __kernel_long_t type build error in RHEL 6.8

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>]

On Fri,  1 Dec 2017 13:04:51 +0200
Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org> wrote:

> From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@mellanox.com>
> 
> Add asm/posix_types.h header file to the list of needed includes,
> because the headers files in RHEL 6.8 are too old and doesn't
> have declaration of __kernel_long_t.
> 
> In file included from ../include/uapi/linux/kernel.h:5,
>                  from ../include/uapi/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h:4,
>                  from ../include/xtables.h:20,
>                  from em_ipset.c:26:
> ../include/uapi/linux/sysinfo.h:9: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘__kernel_long_t’
> 
> Cc: Riad Abo Raed <riada@mellanox.com>
> Cc: Guy Ergas <guye@mellanox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@mellanox.com>
> ---
> Stephen,
> I don't know how to properly solve this type of errors and would like to
> hear your guidance on it.
> 
> Should I simply add kernel file? Or maybe I need to add HAVE_xxx checks
> to configure script to check __kernel_long_t existence and declare only
> this type?
> 
> I also have another build error on RHEL 6.8 system and looking for a
> solution.
> 
> In file included from em_ipset.c:26:
> ../include/xtables.h:35:29: error: xtables-version.h: No such file or directory
> make[1]: *** [em_ipset.o] Error 1
> 
> The iptables-devel is iptables-devel-1.4.7-16.el6.x86_64 so check_xt()
> success, but RH headers don't have xtable-version.h and the relevant defines
> are embedded in the main xtables.h header file.
> 
> Thanks
> ---
>  include/uapi/asm/posix_types.h | 97 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 97 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 include/uapi/asm/posix_types.h
> 
> diff --git a/include/uapi/asm/posix_types.h b/include/uapi/asm/posix_types.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000..5e6ea22b
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/uapi/asm/posix_types.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
> +#ifndef __ASM_GENERIC_POSIX_TYPES_H
> +#define __ASM_GENERIC_POSIX_TYPES_H
> +
> +#include <asm/bitsperlong.h>
> +/*
> + * This file is generally used by user-level software, so you need to
> + * be a little careful about namespace pollution etc.
> + *
> + * First the types that are often defined in different ways across
> + * architectures, so that you can override them.
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef __kernel_long_t
> +typedef long		__kernel_long_t;
> +typedef unsigned long	__kernel_ulong_t;
> +#endif
> +
> +#ifndef __kernel_ino_t
> +typedef __kernel_ulong_t __kernel_ino_t;
> +#endif
> +
> +#ifndef __kernel_mode_t
> +typedef unsigned int	__kernel_mode_t;
> +#endif
> +
> +#ifndef __kernel_pid_t
> +typedef int		__kernel_pid_t;
> +#endif
> +
> +#ifndef __kernel_ipc_pid_t
> +typedef int		__kernel_ipc_pid_t;
> +#endif
> +
> +#ifndef __kernel_uid_t
> +typedef unsigned int	__kernel_uid_t;
> +typedef unsigned int	__kernel_gid_t;
> +#endif
> +
> +#ifndef __kernel_suseconds_t
> +typedef __kernel_long_t		__kernel_suseconds_t;
> +#endif
> +
> +#ifndef __kernel_daddr_t
> +typedef int		__kernel_daddr_t;
> +#endif
> +
> +#ifndef __kernel_uid32_t
> +typedef unsigned int	__kernel_uid32_t;
> +typedef unsigned int	__kernel_gid32_t;
> +#endif
> +
> +#ifndef __kernel_old_uid_t
> +typedef __kernel_uid_t	__kernel_old_uid_t;
> +typedef __kernel_gid_t	__kernel_old_gid_t;
> +#endif
> +
> +#ifndef __kernel_old_dev_t
> +typedef unsigned int	__kernel_old_dev_t;
> +#endif
> +
> +/*
> + * Most 32 bit architectures use "unsigned int" size_t,
> + * and all 64 bit architectures use "unsigned long" size_t.
> + */
> +#ifndef __kernel_size_t
> +#if __BITS_PER_LONG != 64
> +typedef unsigned int	__kernel_size_t;
> +typedef int		__kernel_ssize_t;
> +typedef int		__kernel_ptrdiff_t;
> +#else
> +typedef __kernel_ulong_t __kernel_size_t;
> +typedef __kernel_long_t	__kernel_ssize_t;
> +typedef __kernel_long_t	__kernel_ptrdiff_t;
> +#endif
> +#endif
> +
> +#ifndef __kernel_fsid_t
> +typedef struct {
> +	int	val[2];
> +} __kernel_fsid_t;
> +#endif
> +
> +/*
> + * anything below here should be completely generic
> + */
> +typedef __kernel_long_t	__kernel_off_t;
> +typedef long long	__kernel_loff_t;
> +typedef __kernel_long_t	__kernel_time_t;
> +typedef __kernel_long_t	__kernel_clock_t;
> +typedef int		__kernel_timer_t;
> +typedef int		__kernel_clockid_t;
> +typedef char *		__kernel_caddr_t;
> +typedef unsigned short	__kernel_uid16_t;
> +typedef unsigned short	__kernel_gid16_t;
> +
> +#endif /* __ASM_GENERIC_POSIX_TYPES_H */
> --
> 2.15.1
> 

This isn't going to be supportable.  The headers in uapi are updated by
a script from kernel, and this version posix_types.h conflicts with what
the kernel creates by make headers_install.