[Click] Linux kernel header

[Eddie Kohler]

Yep, that kind of error unfortunately needs to be patched -- -fpermissive 
won't fix it.

Eddie


Roman Chertov wrote:
> Eddie Kohler wrote:
>> Hi Roman,
>>
>> These files need to be patched, unfortunately.  What are the exact 
>> errors (just to make sure)?
> 
>   CXX [M] fromhost6.o
> include/net/ipv6.h: In function ‘int __ipv6_addr_diff(const void*, const
> void*, int)’:
> include/net/ipv6.h:409: error: invalid conversion from ‘const void*’ to
> ‘const __be32*’
> include/net/ipv6.h:409: error: invalid conversion from ‘const void*’ to
> ‘const __be32*’
> include/net/addrconf.h: In function ‘inet6_dev* 
> __in6_dev_get(net_device*)’:
> include/net/addrconf.h:134: error: invalid conversion from ‘void*’ to
> ‘inet6_dev*’
> 
> I abandoned trying to self-configure the interface in the module itself, 
> as I can't find an in kernel API call to add IPv6 addresses to a 
> netdevice.  The calls exposed by addrconf.c are for user level apps to 
> manipulate the kernel routing tables.  Writing a bash script that 
> installs click and then configures the newly created interface seems to 
> work fine.  Although, I think this issue will need to be revisited in 
> the future as more people start using IPv6.
> 
> Roman
> 
> 
>>
>> Eddie
>>
>>
>> Roman Chertov wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>     I have never dealt with a situation where including a Linux 
>>> header file resulted in errors in Click.  I need to include 
>>> <include/net/addrconf.h> and <include/net/ipv6.h>  These files 
>>> generate errors due to pointer conversions in C++.  So do I need to 
>>> patch those files to compile, or is there another way?  Since this is 
>>> not an issue of scope or naming using cxxprotect/cxxunprotect would 
>>> not help.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>> Roman
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>>
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