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| From | Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH] taint/module: Fix problems when out-of-kernel driver defines true or false |
| Date | 2017-01-02 07:00 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <sV3P3-2dE-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <sV0xP-6m-7@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Sun, Jan 01, 2017 at 08:25:25PM -0600, Larry Finger wrote:
> Commit 7fd8329ba502 ("taint/module: Clean up global and module taint
> flags handling") used the key words true and false as character members
> of a new struct. These names cause problems when out-of-kernel modules
> such as VirtualBox include their own definitions of true and false.
Whuch they should not define, so fix them, just like you;d fix them for
everything else that would conflict with something in kernel headers.
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[PATCH] taint/module: Fix problems when out-of-kernel driver defines true or false Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> - 2017-01-02 03:30 +0100 Re: [PATCH] taint/module: Fix problems when out-of-kernel driver defines true or false Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2017-01-02 07:00 +0100 Re: [PATCH] taint/module: Fix problems when out-of-kernel driver defines true or false Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> - 2017-01-02 12:00 +0100
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