Re: Where to put new header file

On 1/30/2023 6:33 PM, Ben Huntsman ([email protected]) wrote:
> src/rx/AIX/rx_knet.c includes <net/netisr.h>.  However, on AIX 7.3 IBM 
> added an include to <sys/libsysp.h> which they don't ship (it's not 
> listed in bos.content_list).  Here's the relevant section:
>
> ...
> #ifdef  _KERNEL
>
> #ifdef  _AIX_FULLOSF
> #include "kern/queue.h"
> #include "kern/thread.h"
> #include "kern/sched_prim.h"
> #else
> #define EVENT_NETISR    0x0726
> #include <sys/libsysp.h>  /* remque/insque */
> #endif
> ...
>
>    The only difference from earlier versions of AIX is the #include 
> <sys/libsysp.h>.  As you can see, there's no real way to use macros to 
> escape from it.  However, we don't really need anything in it for 
> OpenAFS, so my proposal would be to just create an empty sys/libsysp.h 
> file within the OpenAFS source tree.  It would only be picked up by 
> AIX 7.3 builds.  I tested this and it allows the compile to continue.  
> The question though is, where in the tree should such file live?
>
>    I would also welcome alternative suggestions.


Ben,


If IBM fails to ship a header that would appear to be a bug that should 
be reported to them.

However, I wonder if their expectation is that _AIX_FULLOSF is supposed 
to be defined.

Under what conditions is _AIX_FULLOSF defined?


Jeffrey Altman