Subject: Re: Redefinition of struct in6_addr in <netinet/in.h> and <linux/in6.h>

From: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:22:47 +0900

Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/in6.h b/include/uapi/linux/in6.h
> index f79c372..a2b16a5 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/in6.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/in6.h
> @@ -23,6 +23,13 @@
>  
>  #include <linux/types.h>
>  
> +/* If a glibc-based userspace has already included in.h, then we will not 
> + * define in6_addr (nor the defines), sockaddr_in6, or ipv6_mreq. The
> + * ABI used by the kernel and by glibc match exactly. Neither the kernel
> + * nor glibc should break this ABI without coordination.
> + */
> +#ifndef _NETINET_IN_H
> +
>  /*
>   *	IPv6 address structure
>   */

This should be
#if !defined(__GLIBC__) || !defined(_NETINET_IN_H)

> @@ -30,12 +37,20 @@
>  struct in6_addr {
>  	union {
>  		__u8		u6_addr8[16];
> +#if !defined(__GLIBC__) \
> +    || (defined(__GLIBC__) && (defined(__USE_MISC) || defined(__USE_GNU))) \
> +    || defined(__KERNEL__)
>  		__be16		u6_addr16[8];
>  		__be32		u6_addr32[4];
> +#endif
>  	} in6_u;
> +#if !defined(__GLIBC__) \
> +    || (defined(__GLIBC__) && (defined(__USE_MISC) || defined(__USE_GNU))) \
> +    || defined(__KERNEL__)
>  #define s6_addr			in6_u.u6_addr8
>  #define s6_addr16		in6_u.u6_addr16
>  #define s6_addr32		in6_u.u6_addr32
> +#endif
>  };

2nd "if" be after s6_addr?

--yoshfuji