Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/tap: fix compilation issue glibc < 2.24

[Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>]

On 5/10/2020 1:23 PM, Raslan Darawsheh wrote:
> When trying to compile with glibc < 2.24 that doesn't
> support SOL_NETLINK it will cause compilation failure:
> 
> drivers/net/tap/tap_netlink.c:70:17: error:
>  'SOL_NETLINK' undeclared (first use in this function)
>   setsockopt(fd, SOL_NETLINK, NETLINK_EXT_ACK, &one, sizeof(one));
> 
> Fixes: b9cf1a882820 ("net/tap: use netlink extended ack support")
> Cc: stephen@networkplumber.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@mellanox.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/tap/tap_netlink.c | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/tap/tap_netlink.c b/drivers/net/tap/tap_netlink.c
> index b73802b51..dcd7ab99b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/tap/tap_netlink.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/tap/tap_netlink.c
> @@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
>  
>  #include "tap_log.h"
>  
> +/*define SOL_NETLINK for old kernels usage. */
> +#ifndef SOL_NETLINK
> +#define SOL_NETLINK     270
> +#endif
> +
>  /* Must be quite large to support dumping a huge list of QDISC or filters. */
>  #define BUF_SIZE (32 * 1024) /* Size of the buffer to receive kernel messages */
>  #define SNDBUF_SIZE 32768 /* Send buffer size for the netlink socket */
> 

(relevant glibc commit provided added to commit log)

Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.