patches/linux/3.0.1/100-headers_install-fix-__packed-in-exported-kernel-head.patch
author "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Tue Mar 06 21:36:10 2012 +0100 (2012-03-06)
branch1.13
changeset 2912 6467c949c91c
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Reported-by: "Bryan Hundven" <bryanhundven@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
(transplanted from dcdb309b796797d2b4b8ab52a306b91889481db8)
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commit f210735fe2f17a6225432ee3d1239bcf23a8659c
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Author: Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@trippelsdorf.de>
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Date:   Fri Jun 24 15:51:00 2011 +0200
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    headers_install: fix __packed in exported kernel headers
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    checkpatch.pl warns about using __attribute__((packed)) in kernel
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    headers: "__packed is preferred over __attribute__((packed))". If one
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    follows that advice it could cause problems in the exported header
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    files, because the outside world doesn't know about this shortcut.
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    For example busybox will fail to compile:
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     CC      miscutils/ubi_attach_detach.o
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     In file included from miscutils/ubi_attach_detach.c:27:0:
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     /usr/include/mtd/ubi-user.h:330:3: error: conflicting types for ‘__packed’
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     /usr/include/mtd/ubi-user.h:314:3: note: previous declaration of ‘__packed’ was here
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    ...
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    Fix the problem by substituting __packed with __attribute__((packed)) in
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    the header_install.pl script.
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    Cc: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
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    CC: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
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    Signed-off-by: Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@trippelsdorf.de>
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    Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
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diff --git a/scripts/headers_install.pl b/scripts/headers_install.pl
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index efb3be1..48462be 100644
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--- a/scripts/headers_install.pl
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+++ b/scripts/headers_install.pl
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@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ foreach my $file (@files) {
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 		$line =~ s/([\s(])__iomem\s/$1/g;
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 		$line =~ s/\s__attribute_const__\s/ /g;
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 		$line =~ s/\s__attribute_const__$//g;
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+		$line =~ s/\b__packed\b/__attribute__((packed))/g;
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 		$line =~ s/^#include <linux\/compiler.h>//;
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 		$line =~ s/(^|\s)(inline)\b/$1__$2__/g;
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 		$line =~ s/(^|\s)(asm)\b(\s|[(]|$)/$1__$2__$3/g;