Re: Linux include/uapi/linux/libc-compat.h and Musl include/netinet/in.h incompatibility for __UAPI_DEF_IN6_ADDR_ALT

[Dmitry V. Levin]

Hi,

On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 12:30:52PM +1300, Chris Packham wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've come over from https://github.com/strace/strace/issues/177
> there's a bit of context there.
> 
> Crosstool-ng has hit a problem when building a recent enough version
> of strace in a configuration that uses musl libc.
> 
> The error is
> 
> [ALL  ]    In file included from
> /home/x-tool/.build/arm-unknown-linux-musleabi/src/strace/bundled/linux/include/uapi/linux/in6.h:26,
> [ALL  ]                     from
> /home/x-tool/.build/arm-unknown-linux-musleabi/src/strace/bundled/linux/include/uapi/linux/if_bridge.h:19,
> [ALL  ]                     from
> /home/x-tool/.build/arm-unknown-linux-musleabi/src/strace/src/rtnl_mdb.c:16:
> [ERROR]    /home/x-tool/.build/arm-unknown-linux-musleabi/src/strace/bundled/linux/include/uapi/linux/libc-compat.h:109:
> error: "__UAPI_DEF_IN6_ADDR_ALT" redefined [-Werror]
> [ALL  ]      109 | #define __UAPI_DEF_IN6_ADDR_ALT  1
> [ALL  ]          |
> [ALL  ]    In file included from
> /home/x-tool/.build/arm-unknown-linux-musleabi/src/strace/src/rtnl_mdb.c:15:
> [ALL  ]    /home/x-tool/x-tools/arm-unknown-linux-musleabi/arm-unknown-linux-musleabi/sysroot/usr/include/netinet/in.h:401:
> note: this is the location of the previous definition
> [ALL  ]      401 | #define __UAPI_DEF_IN6_ADDR_ALT 0
> [ALL  ]          |
> [ALL  ]    cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
> [ERROR]    make[4]: *** [Makefile:6660: libstrace_a-rtnl_mdb.o] Error 1
> [ALL  ]    make[4]: Leaving directory
> '/home/x-tool/.build/arm-unknown-linux-musleabi/build/build-strace/src'
> [ERROR]    make[3]: *** [Makefile:2404: all] Error 2
> [ALL  ]    rm ioctlsort0.o ioctls_all0.h ioctlsort0
> [ALL  ]    make[3]: Leaving directory
> '/home/x-tool/.build/arm-unknown-linux-musleabi/build/build-strace/src'
> [ERROR]    make[2]: *** [Makefile:601: all-recursive] Error 1
> [ALL  ]    make[2]: Leaving directory
> '/home/x-tool/.build/arm-unknown-linux-musleabi/build/build-strace'
> [ERROR]    make[1]: *** [Makefile:506: all] Error 2
> [ALL  ]    make[1]: Leaving directory
> '/home/x-tool/.build/arm-unknown-linux-musleabi/build/build-strace'
> 
> It appears that the bundled uapi headers definition of
> __UAPI_DEF_IN6_ADDR_ALT conflicts with the musl libc definition. It
> looks like libc-compat.h tries to co-exists with GNU libc but this
> isn't working for musl.

This essentially means that such basic things as
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <linux/in6.h>
are broken in your setup.


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