Re: [PATCH] sparc: don't reference obsolete termio struct for TC* constants

Hi Sam,

On Wed, 2026-01-14 at 10:20 +0100, Andreas Larsson wrote:
> On 2025-10-19 21:18, Sam James wrote:
> > Sam James <[email protected]> writes:
> > > Similar in nature to ab107276607af90b13a5994997e19b7b9731e251. glibc-2.42
> 
> Please refer to the referenced commit also with "commit", the SHA ID and
> the oneline summary of the commit, like so:
> 
> commit ab107276607a ("powerpc: Fix struct termio related ioctl macros")
> 
> > > drops the legacy termio struct, but the ioctls.h header still defines some
> > > TC* constants in terms of termio (via sizeof). Hardcode the values instead.
> > > 
> > > This fixes building Python for example, which falls over like:
> > >   ./Modules/termios.c:1119:16: error: invalid application of 'sizeof' to incomplete type 'struct termio'
> > > 
> > > Link: https://bugs.gentoo.org/961769
> > > Link: https://bugs.gentoo.org/962600
> > > Co-authored-by: Stian Halseth <[email protected]>
> > > Signed-off-by: Sam James <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > > v3: Fix constants.
> > > v2: Fix title.
> > > 
> > >  arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/ioctls.h | 8 ++++----
> > >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > Ping.
> > 
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/ioctls.h b/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/ioctls.h
> > > index 7fd2f5873c9e7..f26befbf690fb 100644
> > > --- a/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/ioctls.h
> > > +++ b/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/ioctls.h
> > > @@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
> > >  #include <asm/ioctl.h>
> > >  
> > >  /* Big T */
> > > -#define TCGETA		_IOR('T', 1, struct termio)
> > > -#define TCSETA		_IOW('T', 2, struct termio)
> > > -#define TCSETAW		_IOW('T', 3, struct termio)
> > > -#define TCSETAF		_IOW('T', 4, struct termio)
> > > +#define TCGETA          0x40125401
> > > +#define TCSETA          0x80125402
> > > +#define TCSETAW         0x80125403
> > > +#define TCSETAF         0x80125404
> > >  #define TCSBRK		_IO('T', 5)
> > >  #define TCXONC		_IO('T', 6)
> > >  #define TCFLSH		_IO('T', 7)
> 
> Please also, like in commit ab107276607a ("powerpc: Fix struct termio
> related ioctl macros"), add the previous definitions as comments in
> order to be able to know in the future what these hard coded constants
> really should correspond to.
> 
> Don't forget to make sure that the subject gets a [PATCH v4].

Could you send a revised version of this, please?

Debian's kernel maintainer refuses to merge this patch locally unless it's
been merged upstream.

Adrian

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