[PATCH 6/9] kbuild: uapi: provide stub includes for some libc headers

From: Thomas Weißschuh

Date: Fri Feb 27 2026 - 01:40:49 EST


Some UAPI headers incorrectly use libc headers. To compile-test these
UAPI headers, their respective libc dependencies need to be present.
Not all kernel toolchains provide these headers, reducing test coverage.

Introduce some stub headers which provide just enough symbols to test
all UAPI headers. Most headers are empty anyways, as their symbols are
only used in macros which are not actually evaluated.

As these headers are only ever used with newer kernel toolchains, they
can defer to compiler builtins in many cases.

As more UAPI headers are cleaned up to not require these stubs anymore,
they can be removed again.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
usr/dummy-include/endian.h | 0
usr/dummy-include/limits.h | 8 ++++++++
usr/dummy-include/netinet/if_ether.h | 0
usr/dummy-include/netinet/in.h | 0
usr/dummy-include/stddef.h | 8 ++++++++
usr/dummy-include/stdint.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
usr/dummy-include/string.h | 12 ++++++++++++
usr/dummy-include/sys/ioctl.h | 0
usr/dummy-include/sys/socket.h | 12 ++++++++++++
usr/dummy-include/sys/time.h | 3 +++
usr/dummy-include/sys/types.h | 0
usr/dummy-include/time.h | 0
usr/dummy-include/unistd.h | 0
13 files changed, 60 insertions(+)

diff --git a/usr/dummy-include/endian.h b/usr/dummy-include/endian.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/usr/dummy-include/limits.h b/usr/dummy-include/limits.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..49b17c10c7b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/dummy-include/limits.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+#ifndef _DUMMY_LIMITS_H
+#define _DUMMY_LIMITS_H
+
+#define INT_MAX ((int)(~0U >> 1))
+#define INT_MIN (-INT_MAX - 1)
+
+#endif /* _DUMMY_LIMITS_H */
diff --git a/usr/dummy-include/netinet/if_ether.h b/usr/dummy-include/netinet/if_ether.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/usr/dummy-include/netinet/in.h b/usr/dummy-include/netinet/in.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/usr/dummy-include/stddef.h b/usr/dummy-include/stddef.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a61703d1c896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/dummy-include/stddef.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+#ifndef _DUMMY_STDDEF_H
+#define _DUMMY_STDDEF_H
+
+#define offsetof(TYPE, MEMBER) __builtin_offsetof(TYPE, MEMBER)
+#define NULL ((void *)0)
+
+#endif /* _DUMMY_STDDEF_H */
diff --git a/usr/dummy-include/stdint.h b/usr/dummy-include/stdint.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..93b1962fd08c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/dummy-include/stdint.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+#ifndef _DUMMY_STDINT_H
+#define _DUMMY_STDINT_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+typedef __u64 uint64_t;
+typedef __u32 uint32_t;
+typedef __u16 uint16_t;
+typedef __u8 uint8_t;
+
+typedef __s64 int64_t;
+typedef __s32 int32_t;
+typedef __s16 int16_t;
+typedef __s8 int8_t;
+
+#endif /* _DUMMY_STDINT_H */
diff --git a/usr/dummy-include/string.h b/usr/dummy-include/string.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e059808d309a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/dummy-include/string.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+#ifndef _DUMMY_STRING_H
+#define _DUMMY_STRING_H
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+#define memset(_s, _c, _n) __builtin_memset(_s, _c, _n)
+#define memcpy(_dest, _src, _n) __builtin_memcpy(_dest, _src, _n)
+
+#define strlen(_s) __builtin_strlen(_s)
+
+#endif /* _DUMMY_STRING_H */
diff --git a/usr/dummy-include/sys/ioctl.h b/usr/dummy-include/sys/ioctl.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/usr/dummy-include/sys/socket.h b/usr/dummy-include/sys/socket.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..748751f9e53e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/dummy-include/sys/socket.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+#ifndef _DUMMY_SYS_SOCKET_H
+#define _DUMMY_SYS_SOCKET_H
+
+#include <linux/socket.h>
+
+struct sockaddr {
+ __kernel_sa_family_t sa_family; /* address family, AF_xxx */
+ char sa_data[14]; /* 14 bytes of protocol address */
+};
+
+#endif /* _DUMMY_SYS_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/usr/dummy-include/sys/time.h b/usr/dummy-include/sys/time.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9817b8afb1a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/dummy-include/sys/time.h
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+
+#include <linux/time.h>
diff --git a/usr/dummy-include/sys/types.h b/usr/dummy-include/sys/types.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/usr/dummy-include/time.h b/usr/dummy-include/time.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/usr/dummy-include/unistd.h b/usr/dummy-include/unistd.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1

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