Re: Buildkernel failure (error: declaration of 'struct socket' will not be visible outside of this function)

On Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 10:22:36AM -0500, Ian FREISLICH wrote:
> On 2/12/26 09:28, Mark Johnston wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 03:25:26PM -0500, Ian FREISLICH wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > 
> > > In file included from /usr/src/sys/netpfil/pf/pfsync_nv.c:38:
> > > /usr/src/sys/netinet6/ip6_var.h:380:28: error: declaration of 'struct
> > > socket' will not be visible outside of this function [-Werror,-Wvisibility]
> > >    380 | int     icmp6_ctloutput(struct socket *, struct sockopt *sopt);
> > >        |                                ^
> > > /usr/src/sys/netinet6/ip6_var.h:409:26: error: declaration of 'struct
> > > socket' will not be visible outside of this function [-Werror,-Wvisibility]
> > >    409 | int     ip6_ctloutput(struct socket *, struct sockopt *);
> > >        |                              ^
> > > /usr/src/sys/netinet6/ip6_var.h:410:30: error: declaration of 'struct
> > > socket' will not be visible outside of this function [-Werror,-Wvisibility]
> > >    410 | int     ip6_raw_ctloutput(struct socket *, struct sockopt *);
> > >        |                                  ^
> > > /usr/src/sys/netinet6/ip6_var.h:429:27: error: declaration of 'struct
> > > socket' will not be visible outside of this function [-Werror,-Wvisibility]
> > >    429 | int     rip6_ctloutput(struct socket *, struct sockopt *);
> > >        |                               ^
> > > /usr/src/sys/netinet6/ip6_var.h:430:24: error: declaration of 'struct
> > > socket' will not be visible outside of this function [-Werror,-Wvisibility]
> > >    430 | int     rip6_usrreq(struct socket *,
> > >        |                            ^
> > > 5 errors generated.
> > 
> > I think you're using a custom kernel config, please share it when
> > reporting build failures.  In any case, I think commit
> > be393b6f0497f374c679c31e746705515eb9a554 will fix the problem.
> 
> That fixes the problem. Out of interest what option would have included the
> struct socket definition?

I suspect it's "options VIMAGE".