Re: [libvirt] if_bridge.h: include in6.h for struct in6_addr use

From: Kumar Gala
Date: Wed Mar 13 2013 - 11:18:02 EST



On Jan 14, 2013, at 5:57 PM, Eric Blake wrote:

> On 01/13/2013 01:05 PM, Thomas Backlund wrote:
>> Thomas Backlund skrev 13.1.2013 20:38:
>>> patch both inline and attached as thunderbird tends to mess up ...
>>
>>> -----
>>>
>>> if_bridge.h uses struct in6_addr ip6; but does not include the in6.h
>>> header.
>>>
>>> Found by trying to build libvirt and connman against 3.8-rc3 headers.
>>>
>>
>> Ok,
>> ignore this patch, it's not the correct fix as it introduces
>> redefinitions...
>>
>> Btw, the error that I hit that made me suggest this fix was libvirt
>> config check bailing out:
>>
>> config.log:/usr/include/linux/if_bridge.h:173:20: error: field 'ip6' has
>> incomplete type
>
> Hmm, just now noticing this thread, after independently hitting and and
> having to work around the same problem in libvirt:
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-January/msg00930.html
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895141
>
>>> --- linux-3.8-rc3/include/uapi/linux/if_bridge.h 2013-01-13
>>> 20:09:54.257271755 +0200
>>> +++ linux-3.8-rc3.fix/include/uapi/linux/if_bridge.h 2013-01-13
>>> 20:15:04.153676151 +0200
>>> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
>>> #define _UAPI_LINUX_IF_BRIDGE_H
>>>
>>> #include <linux/types.h>
>>> +#include <linux/in6.h>
>>>

Did this ever get resolved ?

- k

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