Re: Redefinition of struct in6_addr in <netinet/in.h> and <linux/in6.h>

["Carlos O'Donell" <carlos@systemhalted.org>]

On 01/16/2013 10:22 PM, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki wrote:
> Carlos O'Donell wrote:
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/in6.h b/include/uapi/linux/in6.h
>> index f79c372..a2b16a5 100644
>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/in6.h
>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/in6.h
>> @@ -23,6 +23,13 @@
>>
>>  #include <linux/types.h>
>>
>> +/* If a glibc-based userspace has already included in.h, then we will not
>> + * define in6_addr (nor the defines), sockaddr_in6, or ipv6_mreq. The
>> + * ABI used by the kernel and by glibc match exactly. Neither the kernel
>> + * nor glibc should break this ABI without coordination.
>> + */
>> +#ifndef _NETINET_IN_H
>> +
>>  /*
>>   *	IPv6 address structure
>>   */
>
> This should be
> #if !defined(__GLIBC__) || !defined(_NETINET_IN_H)

Correct. If it's non-glibc we want these defines to be used
even if a non-glibc defined _NETINET_IN_H.

>> @@ -30,12 +37,20 @@
>>  struct in6_addr {
>>  	union {
>>  		__u8		u6_addr8[16];
>> +#if !defined(__GLIBC__) \
>> +    || (defined(__GLIBC__) && (defined(__USE_MISC) || defined(__USE_GNU))) \
>> +    || defined(__KERNEL__)
>>  		__be16		u6_addr16[8];
>>  		__be32		u6_addr32[4];
>> +#endif
>>  	} in6_u;
>> +#if !defined(__GLIBC__) \
>> +    || (defined(__GLIBC__) && (defined(__USE_MISC) || defined(__USE_GNU))) \
>> +    || defined(__KERNEL__)
>>  #define s6_addr			in6_u.u6_addr8
>>  #define s6_addr16		in6_u.u6_addr16
>>  #define s6_addr32		in6_u.u6_addr32
>> +#endif
>>  };
>
> 2nd "if" be after s6_addr?

Correct. We want to unconditinally define s6_addr in this case.

I've fixed both of those cases in the next version of the patch. Thanks.

Cheers,
Carlos.