File System in Userspace (FUSE) compilation error - c

Question

/*This is a simple try to create a File System in UserSpace
The pre_init function just initializes the filesystem */
#include<linux/fuse.h>
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<fuse_lowlevel.h>
static void* pre_init(struct fuse_conn_info *conn, struct fuse_config *cfg){
printf("[init] called\n");
(void) conn;
return NULL;
}
static struct fuse_operations opr = {
.init = pre_init,
};
int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
return fuse_main(argc, argv, &opr, NULL);
}
I am trying to compile the code using gcc sample.c -o sample `pkg-config fuse --cflags --libs` And I'm getting a whole lot of errors in the code as i have shown
sample.c:7:59: warning: ‘struct fuse_config’ declared inside parameter list will not be visible outside of this definition or declaration
static void* pre_init(struct fuse_conn_info *conn, struct fuse_config *cfg){
^~~~~~~~~~~
sample.c:12:15: error: variable ‘opr’ has initializer but incomplete type
static struct fuse_operations opr = {
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
sample.c:13:3: error: ‘struct fuse_operations’ has no member named ‘init’
.init = pre_init,
^~~~
sample.c:13:10: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
.init = pre_init,
^~~~~~~~
sample.c:13:10: note: (near initialization for ‘opr’)
sample.c: In function ‘main’:
sample.c:16:9: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘fuse_main’; did you mean ‘fuse_mount’? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
return fuse_main(argc, argv, &opr, NULL);
^~~~~~~~~
fuse_mount
sample.c: At top level:
sample.c:12:31: error: storage size of ‘opr’ isn’t known
static struct fuse_operations opr = {
^~~
I have also checked that fuse is installed properly as the header files have been included without any issues. But why am I not able to compile this simple code?

Answer 1

There are two "fuse" versions, sometimes coexistent with each other: fuse2 and fuse3. And they differ. In my Archlinux there are two fuse packages: fuse2 and fuse3. On my system, file /usr/include/fuse.h just includes fuse/fuse.h and fuse/fuse.h comes from fuse2 packages. Header fuse3/fuse.h comes from fuse3.
Anyway, you want to use fuse3 api here as you use struct fuse_config. fuse3 defines struct fuse_config.
But, thirst of all, define FUSE_USE_VERSION macro before including any of the fuse header files, as specified in the beginning in fuse.h from fuse2 and in the fuse.h from fuse3:
IMPORTANT: you should define FUSE_USE_VERSION before including this header.
The following compiles with no warnings/errors using gcc -Wall -pedantic -lfuse3 1.c on my platform:
#define FUSE_USE_VERSION 31
#include <fuse3/fuse.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
static void* pre_init(struct fuse_conn_info *conn, struct fuse_config *cfg){
printf("[init] called\n");
(void) conn;
return NULL;
}
static struct fuse_operations opr = {
.init = pre_init,
};
int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
return fuse_main(argc, argv, &opr, NULL);
}