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Thanks to a lack of coordination between kernel and glibc folks,
it has been impossible to mix code using <linux/in.h> and
<net/in.h> for some time now (see for example commit c308a9a).
On at least RHEL 6, <linux/if_bridge.h> tries to use the kernel
side, and fails due to our desire to use the glibc side elsewhere:
In file included from /usr/include/linux/if_bridge.h:17,
from util/virnetdevbridge.c:42:
/usr/include/linux/in6.h:31: error: redefinition of ‘struct in6_addr’
/usr/include/linux/in6.h:48: error: redefinition of ‘struct sockaddr_in6’
/usr/include/linux/in6.h:56: error: redefinition of ‘struct ipv6_mreq’
Thankfully, the kernel layout of these structs is ABI-compatible,
they only differ in the type system presented to the C compiler.
While there are other versions of kernel headers that avoid the
problem, it is easier to just work around the issue than to expect
all developers to upgrade to working kernel headers.
* src/util/virnetdevbridge.c (includes): Coerce the kernel version
of in.h to not collide with the normal version.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
LibVirt : simple API for virtualization
Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities
of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). It is free software
available under the GNU Lesser General Public License. Virtualization of
the Linux Operating System means the ability to run multiple instances of
Operating Systems concurrently on a single hardware system where the basic
resources are driven by a Linux instance. The library aim at providing
long term stable C API initially for the Xen paravirtualization but
should be able to integrate other virtualization mechanisms if needed.
Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>