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

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Date:   Tue, 3 Jan 2017 19:08:31 -0800
From:   Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com>
To:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Subject: Re: taint/module: Fix problems when out-of-kernel driver defines
 true or false

+++ Larry Finger [01/01/17 20:25 -0600]:
>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.
>
>Fixes: 7fd8329ba502 ("taint/module: Clean up global and module taint flags handling")
>Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
>Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
>Cc: Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com>
>Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>

Applied, thanks.

Jessica