Re: [PATCH] netfilter: use __u8 instead of uint8_t in uapi header

[Pablo Neira Ayuso]

On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 10:46:48PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> When CONFIG_UAPI_HEADER_TEST=y, exported headers are compile-tested to
> make sure they can be included from user-space.
> 
> Currently, linux/netfilter_bridge/ebtables.h is excluded from the test
> coverage. To make it join the compile-test, we need to fix the build
> errors attached below.
> 
> For a case like this, we decided to use __u{8,16,32,64} variable types
> in this discussion:
> 
>   https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/6/5/18
> 
> Build log:
> 
>   CC      usr/include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebtables.h.s
> In file included from <command-line>:32:0:
> ./usr/include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebtables.h:126:4: error: unknown type name âuint8_tâ
>     uint8_t revision;
>     ^~~~~~~
> ./usr/include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebtables.h:139:4: error: unknown type name âuint8_tâ
>     uint8_t revision;
>     ^~~~~~~
> ./usr/include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebtables.h:152:4: error: unknown type name âuint8_tâ
>     uint8_t revision;
>     ^~~~~~~

Applied.