Re: tipc_config.h requires linux/string.h, which does not exist inexported headers

From: David Miller
Date: Wed Oct 31 2007 - 00:14:19 EST


From: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:31:54 -0700 (PDT)

> From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:20:25 +0100
>
> > Something like this..
> > I like it - much better than adding string.h to unidef-y.
> > PS - had not pulled latest -linus - so you must update Kbuild.
> > PPS - tipc.h should be exported too as I understood Stephen.
>
> tipc.h is already listed in header-y.
>
> I'll merge your patch, thanks Sam.

Unfortunately I have to back it out, it breaks the build.

In file included from net/tipc/core.h:41,
from net/tipc/addr.c:37:
include/linux/tipc_config.h: In function 'TLV_SET':
include/linux/tipc_config.h:306: error: implicit declaration of function 'memcpy'
include/linux/tipc_config.h:306: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'memcpy'

I truly think adding linux/string.h to unifdef-y along with:

#ifndef __KERNEL__
#include <string.h>
#else
...
#endif

in linux/string.h is a much cleaner and less error prone solution :-)
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