linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] atm/iphase: rename fregt_t -> ffreg

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Message-ID: <20130208095842.7df1a25e@thirdoffive.cmf.nrl.navy.mil>
Date:	Fri, 8 Feb 2013 09:58:42 -0500
From:	chas williams - CONTRACTOR <chas@....nrl.navy.mil>
To:	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] atm/iphase: rename fregt_t -> ffreg_t

On Fri, 8 Feb 2013 11:19:11 +0100
Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com> wrote:

> We have conflicting type qualifiers for "freg_t" in s390's ptrace.h and the
> iphase atm device driver, which causes the compile error below.
> Unfortunately the s390 typedef can't be renamed, since it's a user visible api,
> nor can I change the include order in s390 code to avoid the conflict.
> 
> So simply rename the iphase typedef to a new name. Fixes this compile error:
> 
> In file included from drivers/atm/iphase.c:66:0:
> drivers/atm/iphase.h:639:25: error: conflicting type qualifiers for 'freg_t'
> In file included from next/arch/s390/include/asm/ptrace.h:9:0,
>                  from next/arch/s390/include/asm/lowcore.h:12,
>                  from next/arch/s390/include/asm/thread_info.h:30,
>                  from include/linux/thread_info.h:54,
>                  from include/linux/preempt.h:9,
>                  from include/linux/spinlock.h:50,
>                  from include/linux/seqlock.h:29,
>                  from include/linux/time.h:5,
>                  from include/linux/stat.h:18,
>                  from include/linux/module.h:10,
>                  from drivers/atm/iphase.c:43:
> next/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h:197:3: note: previous declaration of 'freg_t' was here
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>

seems like a fine idea.

Acked-by: chas williams - CONTRACTOR <chas@....nrl.navy.mil>
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