From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mailout4.zoneedit.com (mailout4.zoneedit.com [64.68.198.17]) by mail.openembedded.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E1FB78218 for ; Fri, 23 Jun 2017 23:41:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailout4.zoneedit.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA60A208FB; Fri, 23 Jun 2017 23:41:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailout4.zoneedit.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zmo03-pco.easydns.vpn [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id OWzaAhZvhupq; Fri, 23 Jun 2017 23:41:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.denix.org (pool-100-15-85-143.washdc.fios.verizon.net [100.15.85.143]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailout4.zoneedit.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BFD6F204E0; Fri, 23 Jun 2017 23:41:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.denix.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5D5CA162513; Fri, 23 Jun 2017 19:41:09 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 19:41:09 -0400 From: Denys Dmytriyenko To: Khem Raj Message-ID: <20170623234109.GF28053@denix.org> References: <20170622151404.27496-1-git@andred.net> <1498214792.25895.23.camel@andred.net> <20170623141737.bksn4w2qbd7fyhzs@hiutale> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux-libc-headers: fix duplicate IFF_LOWER_UP DORMANT ECHO on musl X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 23:41:11 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 04:20:41PM -0700, Khem Raj wrote: > On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 7:17 AM, wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm chipping in since I've been messing with these things a bit in upstream > > Linux kernel. > > > > On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 06:37:52AM -0700, Khem Raj wrote: > >> On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 3:46 AM, André Draszik wrote: > >> > connman is not doing anything wrong here. > >> > > >> > >> yes I am aware of this > >> > >> > The kernel is redefining IFF_LOWER_UP, because it thinks the libc doesn't > >> > define it yet (and glibc doesn't). > >> > > >> > libc-compat.h is the way to solve these kind of issues. There also is https: > >> > //lkml.org/lkml/2017/3/12/238 which is very similar. I'll pick that instead. > >> > > >> see the comment https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/3/16/121 > >> that worries me for this patch > > > > I'm aware of those review comments but I have not seen any patches posted which > > fix the problem in some other way. Thus I would propose to apply these patches > > as a workaround until upstream fixes the issues. > > > > These header files do not change that often either. > > problem is you become incompatible ABI forever that worries me. +1 > However if bruce is fine to carry this patch as part of linux-yocto > I might relent. It still will be hassle where folks will have to apply > this patch to there kernels if they are building musl based systems. Don't forget that not everyone is using linux-yocto kernel! > >> I am not questioning the correctness of patch too. But > >> it would be better to get this patch accepted into kernel > >> before applying to OE since these are kind of patches which > >> you can get stuck with for life if upstream is not accepting it. > > > > Upstream-Status: Denied > > > > would be a correct marker for now I guess. > > I would rather see some progress made to get it resolved :) > we need to actually remove glibc'ness completely from kernel. > and this will fix itself.