Bug#318979: asm-sparc/fbio.h uses __user but does not include linux/compiler.h

[Adeodato Simó <adeodato@debian.org>]

Package: linux-kernel-headers
Version: 2.6.12.0-1
Severity: serious

Hello,

  on SPARC, the following change was made to the files
  /usr/include/asm-sparc{,64}/fbio.h between linux-kernel-headers
  2.5.999-test7-bk-17 and 2.6.12.0-1:

 struct  fbcmap {
         int             index;          /* first element (0 origin) */
         int             count;
-        unsigned char   *red;
-        unsigned char   *green;
-        unsigned char   *blue;
+        unsigned char   __user *red;
+        unsigned char   __user *green;
+        unsigned char   __user *blue;
 };
 

  However, only asm-sparc64/fbio.h got added a line #including
  <linux/compiler.h>, where __user is defined, causing gcc to fail on
  programs that include asm-sparc/fbio.h.

  This has already affected some autobuilders (e.g., [1]), so please
  upload a fixed linux-kernel-headers package soon to address this
  issue.

    [1] http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.php?&pkg=xorg-x11&ver=6.8.2.dfsg.1-3&arch=sparc&stamp=1121723761&file=log&as=raw

  I've filed this bug at Severity: serious in agreement with the Release
  Team.

  Thanks!

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