[OE-core] [PATCH] linux-libc-headers: fix duplicate IFF_LOWER_UP DORMANT ECHO on musl

[Mikko.Rapeli at bmw.de]

Hi,

I'm chipping in since I've been messing with these things a bit in upstream
Linux kernel.

On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 06:37:52AM -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 3:46 AM, André Draszik <git at andred.net> wrote:
> > connman is not doing anything wrong here.
> >
> 
> yes I am aware of this
> 
> > The kernel is redefining IFF_LOWER_UP, because it thinks the libc doesn't
> > define it yet (and glibc doesn't).
> >
> > libc-compat.h is the way to solve these kind of issues. There also is https:
> > //lkml.org/lkml/2017/3/12/238 which is very similar. I'll pick that instead.
> >
> see the comment https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/3/16/121
> that worries me for this patch

I'm aware of those review comments but I have not seen any patches posted which
fix the problem in some other way. Thus I would propose to apply these patches
as a workaround until upstream fixes the issues.

These header files do not change that often either.

> I am not questioning the correctness of patch too. But
> it would be better to get this patch accepted into kernel
> before applying to OE since these are kind of patches which
> you can get stuck with for life if upstream is not accepting it.

Upstream-Status: Denied

would be a correct marker for now I guess.

Hope this helps,

-Mikko