Re: [PATCH v06 33/36] uapi linux/fsmap.h: use __kernel_size_t instead of size_t

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 5:54 PM, Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 06, 2017 at 06:44:24PM +0200, Mikko Rapeli wrote:
>> Fixes user space compilation error:
>>
>> linux/fsmap.h:71:19: error: unknown type name âsize_tâ
>>  static __inline__ size_t
>>                    ^~~~~~
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli@xxxxxx>
>> Cc: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  include/uapi/linux/fsmap.h | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fsmap.h b/include/uapi/linux/fsmap.h
>> index 7e8e5f0bd6d2..99600bbed6b6 100644
>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/fsmap.h
>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/fsmap.h
>> @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ struct fsmap_head {
>>  };
>>
>>  /* Size of an fsmap_head with room for nr records. */
>> -static inline size_t
>> +static inline __kernel_size_t
>
> This is a static inline helper to assist in malloc calls.  We don't pass
> size_t to the kernel, so why is this necessary over, say,
>
> #include <sys/types.h>
>

Either way works, but including a system header from a kernel header
requires an additional "#ifndef __KERNEL__" check, so I think Miko's
variant is a little nicer.

Generally speaking, you also want to avoid including system headers
indirectly from kernel headers, as POSIX requires that including one
system header should not indirectly make symbols from other system
headers visible. I think this is not a problem here though, as no system
header should include linux/fsmap.h.

         Arnd