Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] 9pfs: include <linux/limits.h> for XATTR_SIZE_MAX

[Patrick Steinhardt]

On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 09:20:45PM +0200, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
> The function `v9fs_xattrcreate` makes use of the define `XATTR_SIZE_MAX`
> to reject attempts of creating xattrs with an invalid size, which is
> defined in <linux/limits.h>. On glibc-based systems, this header is
> indirectly included via <limits.h>, <bits/posix1_lim.h>,
> <bitts/local_lim.h>, but on other platforms this is not guaranteed due
> to not being part of the POSIX standard. One examples are systems based
> on musl libc, which do not include the <linux/limits.h> indirectly,
> which leads to `XATTR_SIZE_MAX` being undefined.
> 
> Fix this error by directly include <linux/limits.h>. As the 9P fs code
> is being Linux-based either way, we can simply do so without breaking
> other platforms. This enables building 9pfs on musl-based systems.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <address@hidden>
> ---
>  hw/9pfs/9p.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p.c b/hw/9pfs/9p.c
> index 96d2683348..48cd558e96 100644
> --- a/hw/9pfs/9p.c
> +++ b/hw/9pfs/9p.c
> @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
>  
>  #include "qemu/osdep.h"
>  #include <glib/gprintf.h>
> +#include <linux/limits.h>
>  #include "hw/virtio/virtio.h"
>  #include "qapi/error.h"
>  #include "qemu/error-report.h"
> -- 
> 2.13.2
> 

Another ping on this patch. I think in the end all agreed this
patch is sane, but the thread has been derailed by the
patchew-discussion. So any further comments regarding this patch
or can it be submitted as is?

Regards
Patrick

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