linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] taint/module: Fix problems when out-of-kernel driver defines true or false

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Date:   Sun, 1 Jan 2017 21:50:33 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com>,
        Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] taint/module: Fix problems when out-of-kernel driver
 defines true or false

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.