Am 10.12.2010 11:24, schrieb Pablo Neira Ayuso: > On 09/12/10 20:25, Jan Engelhardt wrote: >> On Thursday 2010-12-09 11:43, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote: >> >>> On 03/12/10 20:13, Jan Engelhardt wrote: >>>> parent b880c1f077000956b9f475d5f3b6c5e45ff2e342 (v2.6.37-rc1-241-gb880c1f) >>>> commit 4826151aedbe6e364b7b801f026fbe7383904b6a >>>> Author: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxx> >>>> Date: Thu Dec 2 21:01:17 2010 +0100 >>>> >>>> netfilter: xtables: use guarded types >>>> >>>> We are supposed to use the kernel's own types in userspace exports. >>> >>> What's the point to have different headers in the kernel source code >>> tree and iptables? >> >> Because iptables needs to know more structs than the kernel provides. >> >> But... what does that have to do with the patch? > > I mean that, after this patch, iptables headers and Linux kernel headers > will be out of sync, right? > Well, we can resync userspace, but the __ types specifically exist to avoid namespace polution. Applied, thanks. I'll also gladly apply a patch to get rid of the u_int_XX crap. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
