linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] blkid,ext2fs: avoid name clash with _

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Date:	Sat, 5 Jul 2014 00:00:41 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] blkid,ext2fs: avoid name clash with __u{8,16,32,64}

On Thu, May 08, 2014 at 03:23:56PM -0600, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> Try to avoid name clashes with definitions of __u8, __u16, __u32,
> and __u64 in userspace, in case other headers also define these
> types.  Define HAVE___{S,U}{8,16,32,64} preprocessor macros to
> show that these types are already defined.
> 
> This would avoid the need to check for _BLKID_TYPES_H in ext2_types.h
> and _EXT2_TYPES_H in blkid_types.h, but since older versions of these
> headers did not use HAVE___U8 et.al. keep these checks around for now.
> 
> Report an error if there are no 64-bit types available.  The code
> will not compile if these are not available.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted
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