Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 May 2008 11:44:56 -0700 | From | "Greg Steuck" <> | Subject | Fwd: include/linux/netfilter.h after make headers_install is incomplete |
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Hello,
I asked this on netfilter list, but it doesn't seem to be generating any interest there. Maybe the question belongs on this list?
I ran make headers_install in 2.6.25 tree and the installed netfilter.h is not complete. Namely, it declares union nf_inet_addr { __u32 all[4]; __be32 ip; __be32 ip6[4]; ... }
The __u32, __be32 types are declared in <linux/types.h> and the #include directive is removed by the installation process. This in turn makes some applications unbuildable against such an exported tree, e.g.
busybox-1.10.1/networking/tcpudp.c:#include <linux/netfilter_ipv4.h>
If I correctly understand the purpose of make headers_install, it is supposed to generate an API for applications. I could certainly make tcpudp.c include linux/types.h, but given that the application does not even use nf_inet_addr, this would be the wrong place for the fix.
Is kernel the right place then?
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