The Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) library
re-defines the struct iovec on Win32 [*]. QEMU also re-defines
it in "qemu/osdep.h". The two definitions then clash on a MinGW
build.
We can avoid the SASL definition by defining STRUCT_IOVEC_DEFINED.
Since QEMU already defines 'struct iovec' if it is missing, add
the definition to vnc_sasl_cflags to avoid SASL re-defining it.
[*] https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-sasl/blob/cyrus-sasl-2.1.27/include/sasl.h#L187
Cc: Alexey Pavlov <alexpux@gmail.com>
Cc: Biswapriyo Nath <nathbappai@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Youry Metlitsky <winaes@yandex.ru>
Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
---
v2:
Since QEMU provides 'struct iovec' if missing, always define
STRUCT_IOVEC_DEFINED (danpb review).
---
configure | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index cbf864bff1..a4cd4bccfb 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3349,7 +3349,9 @@ if test "$vnc" = "yes" && test "$vnc_sasl" != "no" ; then
int main(void) { sasl_server_init(NULL, "qemu"); return 0; }
EOF
# Assuming Cyrus-SASL installed in /usr prefix
- vnc_sasl_cflags=""
+ # QEMU defines struct iovec in "qemu/osdep.h",
+ # we don't want libsasl to redefine it in <sasl/sasl.h>.
+ vnc_sasl_cflags="-DSTRUCT_IOVEC_DEFINED"
vnc_sasl_libs="-lsasl2"
if compile_prog "$vnc_sasl_cflags" "$vnc_sasl_libs" ; then
vnc_sasl=yes
--
2.21.1
On Mon, Mar 09, 2020 at 01:24:53PM +0100, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> The Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) library
> re-defines the struct iovec on Win32 [*]. QEMU also re-defines
> it in "qemu/osdep.h". The two definitions then clash on a MinGW
> build.
> We can avoid the SASL definition by defining STRUCT_IOVEC_DEFINED.
> Since QEMU already defines 'struct iovec' if it is missing, add
> the definition to vnc_sasl_cflags to avoid SASL re-defining it.
>
> [*] https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-sasl/blob/cyrus-sasl-2.1.27/include/sasl.h#L187
>
> Cc: Alexey Pavlov <alexpux@gmail.com>
> Cc: Biswapriyo Nath <nathbappai@gmail.com>
> Reported-by: Youry Metlitsky <winaes@yandex.ru>
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
> ---
> v2:
> Since QEMU provides 'struct iovec' if missing, always define
> STRUCT_IOVEC_DEFINED (danpb review).
> ---
> configure | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/configure b/configure
> index cbf864bff1..a4cd4bccfb 100755
> --- a/configure
> +++ b/configure
> @@ -3349,7 +3349,9 @@ if test "$vnc" = "yes" && test "$vnc_sasl" != "no" ; then
> int main(void) { sasl_server_init(NULL, "qemu"); return 0; }
> EOF
> # Assuming Cyrus-SASL installed in /usr prefix
> - vnc_sasl_cflags=""
> + # QEMU defines struct iovec in "qemu/osdep.h",
> + # we don't want libsasl to redefine it in <sasl/sasl.h>.
> + vnc_sasl_cflags="-DSTRUCT_IOVEC_DEFINED"
> vnc_sasl_libs="-lsasl2"
> if compile_prog "$vnc_sasl_cflags" "$vnc_sasl_libs" ; then
> vnc_sasl=yes
This works so:
Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
however, I'm wondering if we'd be better doing this in a more
localized place. This applies to everything we compile, but
only one place imports sasl.h, so should we instead do
#define STRUCT_IOVEC_DEFINED
#include <sasl/saslh.>
in vnc-auth-sasl.h, so we localize the namespace pollution.
Regards,
Daniel
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On 3/9/20 1:30 PM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 09, 2020 at 01:24:53PM +0100, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
>> The Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) library
>> re-defines the struct iovec on Win32 [*]. QEMU also re-defines
>> it in "qemu/osdep.h". The two definitions then clash on a MinGW
>> build.
>> We can avoid the SASL definition by defining STRUCT_IOVEC_DEFINED.
>> Since QEMU already defines 'struct iovec' if it is missing, add
>> the definition to vnc_sasl_cflags to avoid SASL re-defining it.
>>
>> [*] https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-sasl/blob/cyrus-sasl-2.1.27/include/sasl.h#L187
>>
>> Cc: Alexey Pavlov <alexpux@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Biswapriyo Nath <nathbappai@gmail.com>
>> Reported-by: Youry Metlitsky <winaes@yandex.ru>
>> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
>> ---
>> v2:
>> Since QEMU provides 'struct iovec' if missing, always define
>> STRUCT_IOVEC_DEFINED (danpb review).
>> ---
>> configure | 4 +++-
>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/configure b/configure
>> index cbf864bff1..a4cd4bccfb 100755
>> --- a/configure
>> +++ b/configure
>> @@ -3349,7 +3349,9 @@ if test "$vnc" = "yes" && test "$vnc_sasl" != "no" ; then
>> int main(void) { sasl_server_init(NULL, "qemu"); return 0; }
>> EOF
>> # Assuming Cyrus-SASL installed in /usr prefix
>> - vnc_sasl_cflags=""
>> + # QEMU defines struct iovec in "qemu/osdep.h",
>> + # we don't want libsasl to redefine it in <sasl/sasl.h>.
>> + vnc_sasl_cflags="-DSTRUCT_IOVEC_DEFINED"
>> vnc_sasl_libs="-lsasl2"
>> if compile_prog "$vnc_sasl_cflags" "$vnc_sasl_libs" ; then
>> vnc_sasl=yes
>
> This works so:
>
> Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
>
>
> however, I'm wondering if we'd be better doing this in a more
> localized place. This applies to everything we compile, but
> only one place imports sasl.h, so should we instead do
>
> #define STRUCT_IOVEC_DEFINED
> #include <sasl/saslh.>
>
> in vnc-auth-sasl.h, so we localize the namespace pollution.
Good idea, but we'll need to remember this fix if we ever use
<sasl/sasl.h> in another header.
>
> Regards,
> Daniel
>
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