This isn't pretty but does the job. I assume including plain linux/hdlc/ioctl.h without linux/if.h is much more rare than the other way round, and that these header file names are part of API, and that creating a new header file just for IFNAMSIZ isn't a good idea either. Fixes userspace compiler error: error: ‘IFNAMSIZ’ undeclared here (not in a function) Signed-off-by: Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli@xxxxxx> --- include/uapi/linux/hdlc/ioctl.h | 5 ++++- include/uapi/linux/if.h | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/hdlc/ioctl.h b/include/uapi/linux/hdlc/ioctl.h index 8bbee11..73982ec 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/hdlc/ioctl.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/hdlc/ioctl.h @@ -1,7 +1,10 @@ #ifndef __HDLC_IOCTL_H__ #define __HDLC_IOCTL_H__ -#include <linux/if.h> +/* For breaking dependency loop between if.h and hdlc/ioctl.h */ +#ifndef IFNAMSIZ +#define IFNAMSIZ 16 +#endif #define GENERIC_HDLC_VERSION 4 /* For synchronization with sethdlc utility */ diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if.h b/include/uapi/linux/if.h index 9cf2394..e4b130a 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/if.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/if.h @@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ #include <linux/socket.h> /* for "struct sockaddr" et al */ #include <linux/compiler.h> /* for "__user" et al */ +/** + * IFNAMSIZ is also defined in linux/hdlc/ioctl.h if it does not exists + * to break dependency loop between linux/if.h and linux/hdlc/ioctl.h. + */ #define IFNAMSIZ 16 #define IFALIASZ 256 #include <linux/hdlc/ioctl.h> -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html