[PATCH v3] uapi: fix asm/signal.h userspace compilation errors

From: Dmitry V. Levin
Date: Tue Dec 28 2021 - 10:54:40 EST


Userspace cannot compile <asm/signal.h> due to missing type definitions.
For example, compiling it for x86_64 fails with the following diagnostics
when the exception for asm/signal.h is removed from usr/include/Makefile:

$ make usr CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL=y CONFIG_UAPI_HEADER_TEST=y
...
HDRTEST usr/include/asm/signal.h
In file included from <command-line>:
./usr/include/asm/signal.h:103:9: error: unknown type name 'size_t'
103 | size_t ss_size;
| ^~~~~~

Replace size_t with __kernel_size_t to make asm/signal.h self-contained,
also add it to the compile-test coverage.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

This was submitted almost 5 years ago, so I was under impression that
it was applied among others of this kind, but, apparently, it's still
relevant.

v3: update commit message, remove usr/include/Makefile exception for
asm/signal.h.

arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/signal.h | 2 +-
arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/signal.h | 2 +-
arch/h8300/include/uapi/asm/signal.h | 2 +-
arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/signal.h | 2 +-
arch/m68k/include/uapi/asm/signal.h | 2 +-
arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/signal.h | 2 +-
arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h | 2 +-
arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h | 2 +-
arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/signal.h | 2 +-
arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/signal.h | 2 +-
arch/xtensa/include/uapi/asm/signal.h | 2 +-
include/uapi/asm-generic/signal.h | 2 +-
usr/include/Makefile | 1 -
14 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index a69dd8d080a8..1413075f7616 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ struct sigaction {
typedef struct sigaltstack {
void __user *ss_sp;
int ss_flags;
- size_t ss_size;
+ __kernel_size_t ss_size;
} stack_t;

/* sigstack(2) is deprecated, and will be withdrawn in a future version
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index c9a3ea1d8d41..9e2178420db2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ struct sigaction {
typedef struct sigaltstack {
void __user *ss_sp;
int ss_flags;
- size_t ss_size;
+ __kernel_size_t ss_size;
} stack_t;


diff --git a/arch/h8300/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/h8300/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index 2cd0dce2b6a6..1165481f80f6 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/h8300/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ struct sigaction {
typedef struct sigaltstack {
void *ss_sp;
int ss_flags;
- size_t ss_size;
+ __kernel_size_t ss_size;
} stack_t;


diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index 38166a88e4c9..63d574e802a2 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ struct siginfo;
typedef struct sigaltstack {
void __user *ss_sp;
int ss_flags;
- size_t ss_size;
+ __kernel_size_t ss_size;
} stack_t;


diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/m68k/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index 4619291df601..80f520b9b10b 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ struct sigaction {
typedef struct sigaltstack {
void __user *ss_sp;
int ss_flags;
- size_t ss_size;
+ __kernel_size_t ss_size;
} stack_t;

#endif /* _UAPI_M68K_SIGNAL_H */
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index e6c78a15cb2f..94a00f82e373 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ struct sigaction {
/* IRIX compatible stack_t */
typedef struct sigaltstack {
void __user *ss_sp;
- size_t ss_size;
+ __kernel_size_t ss_size;
int ss_flags;
} stack_t;

diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index e5a2657477ac..8e4895c5ea5d 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ struct siginfo;
typedef struct sigaltstack {
void __user *ss_sp;
int ss_flags;
- size_t ss_size;
+ __kernel_size_t ss_size;
} stack_t;

#endif /* !__ASSEMBLY */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index 04873dd311c2..37d41d87c45b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ struct sigaction {
typedef struct sigaltstack {
void __user *ss_sp;
int ss_flags;
- size_t ss_size;
+ __kernel_size_t ss_size;
} stack_t;


diff --git a/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index 0189f326aac5..5c776e1f2cbd 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ struct sigaction {
typedef struct sigaltstack {
void __user *ss_sp;
int ss_flags;
- size_t ss_size;
+ __kernel_size_t ss_size;
} stack_t;


diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index 53758d53ac0e..d3faa3bfce3d 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ struct __old_sigaction {
typedef struct sigaltstack {
void __user *ss_sp;
int ss_flags;
- size_t ss_size;
+ __kernel_size_t ss_size;
} stack_t;


diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index 164a22a72984..777c3a0f4e23 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ struct sigaction {
typedef struct sigaltstack {
void __user *ss_sp;
int ss_flags;
- size_t ss_size;
+ __kernel_size_t ss_size;
} stack_t;

#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/uapi/asm/signal.h b/arch/xtensa/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
index 79ddabaa4e5d..b8c824dd4b74 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/uapi/asm/signal.h
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ struct sigaction {
typedef struct sigaltstack {
void *ss_sp;
int ss_flags;
- size_t ss_size;
+ __kernel_size_t ss_size;
} stack_t;

#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/signal.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/signal.h
index f634822906e4..0eb69dc8e572 100644
--- a/include/uapi/asm-generic/signal.h
+++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/signal.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ struct sigaction {
typedef struct sigaltstack {
void __user *ss_sp;
int ss_flags;
- size_t ss_size;
+ __kernel_size_t ss_size;
} stack_t;

#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
diff --git a/usr/include/Makefile b/usr/include/Makefile
index 129d13e71691..8ac2c33a59e7 100644
--- a/usr/include/Makefile
+++ b/usr/include/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ override c_flags = $(UAPI_CFLAGS) -Wp,-MMD,$(depfile) -I$(objtree)/usr/include
# Please consider to fix the header first.
#
# Sorted alphabetically.
-no-header-test += asm/signal.h
no-header-test += asm/ucontext.h
no-header-test += drm/vmwgfx_drm.h
no-header-test += linux/am437x-vpfe.h


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