linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] linux/compiler.h: don't use bool

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Date:   Fri, 17 Aug 2018 13:39:35 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Cc:     Christopher Li <sparse@...isli.org>, linux-sparse@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux/compiler.h: don't use bool

On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 12:10:35 +0200 Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk> wrote:

> Appararently, it's possible to have a non-trivial TU include a few headers,
> including linux/build_bug.h, without ending up with linux/types.h. So
> the 0day bot sent me

What's a "TU"?

> 
> config: um-x86_64_defconfig (attached as .config)
> 
> >> include/linux/compiler.h:316:3: error: unknown type name 'bool'; did you mean '_Bool'?
>       bool __cond = !(condition);    \
> 
> for something I'm working on.
> 
> Rather than contributing to the #include madness and including
> linux/types.h from compiler.h, just use int.