linux-kernel - [PATCH] Define a fixed elementary logic type

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Message-ID: <BANLkTimKwW7d2x1RDCPnu1LHMBKHy3PYgw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 1 Apr 2011 17:44:23 +0200
From:	Georgette Boole <georgette.boole@...glemail.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Define a fixed elementary logic type

Unfortunately, my father's elementary logic type is incomplete. This patch
introduces the correct type with a plan to transition the kernel over to
it and to deprecate the "bool" type in the v3.0 timeframe.

Signed-off-by: Georgette Boole <georgette.boole@...glemail.com>
---
diff --git a/include/linux/types.h b/include/linux/types.h
index 176da8c..80d9b0f 100644
--- a/include/linux/types.h
+++ b/include/linux/types.h
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ typedef __kernel_mqd_t		mqd_t;

 typedef _Bool			bool;

+enum _Wool {
+	w_false	= 0,
+	w_true	= 1,
+	w_maybe	= 1 / 2,
+};
+
+typedef enum _Wool		wool;
+
 typedef __kernel_uid32_t	uid_t;
 typedef __kernel_gid32_t	gid_t;
 typedef __kernel_uid16_t        uid16_t;
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