Re: [PATCH] vfs: use UAPI types for new struct delegation definition
From: Jeff Layton
Date: Wed Dec 03 2025 - 09:01:57 EST
On Wed, 2025-12-03 at 14:57 +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> Using libc types and headers from the UAPI headers is problematic as it
> introduces a dependency on a full C toolchain.
>
> Use the fixed-width integer types provided by the UAPI headers instead.
>
> Fixes: 1602bad16d7d ("vfs: expose delegation support to userland")
> Fixes: 4be9e04ebf75 ("vfs: add needed headers for new struct delegation definition")
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h | 10 +++-------
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h b/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
> index 5e277fd955aa..aadfbf6e0cb3 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h
> @@ -4,11 +4,7 @@
>
> #include <asm/fcntl.h>
> #include <linux/openat2.h>
> -#ifdef __KERNEL__
> #include <linux/types.h>
> -#else
> -#include <stdint.h>
> -#endif
>
> #define F_SETLEASE (F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 0)
> #define F_GETLEASE (F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 1)
> @@ -90,9 +86,9 @@
>
> /* Argument structure for F_GETDELEG and F_SETDELEG */
> struct delegation {
> - uint32_t d_flags; /* Must be 0 */
> - uint16_t d_type; /* F_RDLCK, F_WRLCK, F_UNLCK */
> - uint16_t __pad; /* Must be 0 */
> + __u32 d_flags; /* Must be 0 */
> + __u16 d_type; /* F_RDLCK, F_WRLCK, F_UNLCK */
> + __u16 __pad; /* Must be 0 */
> };
>
> /*
>
> ---
> base-commit: 3f9f0252130e7dd60d41be0802bf58f6471c691d
> change-id: 20251203-uapi-fcntl-f49d5b30f8cd
>
> Best regards,
Thanks. I wasn't sure of the right way to do this.
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>