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Message-ID: <57644395.9010505@infradead.org>
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 11:38:13 -0700
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: Matt Ullman <staticfox@...ticfox.net>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] lib: Make strreplace prototype compatible with C++
On 06/17/16 10:24, Matt Ullman wrote:
> Since "new" is a keyword in C++, this breaks compilation when string.h
> is included in a C++ file. For example, this affects VirtualBox Guest
> Additions.
>
> https://www.virtualbox.org/pipermail/vbox-dev/2015-August/013368.html
>
> Signed-off-by: Matt Ullman <staticfox@...ticfox.net>
> ---
> Thanks for your feedback and I agree. I've made the requested changes.
I didn't see and could not find any reply to v1. Who is that comment
addressed to? Linus?
fwiw, I prefer v1 of the patch. and so does scripts/kernel-doc.
> include/linux/string.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
> index 26b6f6a..1e5183b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/string.h
> +++ b/include/linux/string.h
> @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ extern int memcmp(const void *,const void *,__kernel_size_t);
> extern void * memchr(const void *,int,__kernel_size_t);
> #endif
> void *memchr_inv(const void *s, int c, size_t n);
> -char *strreplace(char *s, char old, char new);
> +char *strreplace(char *, char, char);
>
> extern void kfree_const(const void *x);
>
>
--
~Randy
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