linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] UBI: rename free variable

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Date:	Fri, 9 Oct 2015 05:13:51 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Heiko Schocher <hs@...x.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] UBI: rename free variable

On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 05:29:21AM +0200, Heiko Schocher wrote:
> rename free variable into not "free", as "free" prevents
> ubi sources compiling under U-Boot. So rename "free"
> into "pfree" where it is a pointer, and into "freel",
> where it is a free list.

Huh?  If U-Boot has free defined as an object-like macro, it's an outright bug
in U-Boot and it should be fixed there.  If it's something else, it looks like
a toolchain bug.   Details, please...
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