linux-kernel - [RFC] taint/module: Fix problems when out-of-kernel driver defines true or false

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Message-Id: <20161224195532.15128-1-Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Date:   Sat, 24 Dec 2016 13:55:32 -0600
From:   Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, driver-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>, Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com>,
        Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Subject: [RFC] taint/module: Fix problems when out-of-kernel driver defines true or false

Commit 7fd8329ba502 ("taint/module: Clean up global and module taint
flags handling") used the key words true and false as character members
of a new struct. These names cause problems when out-of-kernel modules
such as VirtualBox include their own definitions of true and false.

Fixes: 7fd8329ba502 ("taint/module: Clean up global and module taint flags handling")
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc: Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
---
 include/linux/kernel.h | 4 ++--
 kernel/module.c        | 2 +-
 kernel/panic.c         | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 56aec84..cb09238 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -514,8 +514,8 @@ extern enum system_states {
 #define TAINT_FLAGS_COUNT		16
 
 struct taint_flag {
-	char true;	/* character printed when tainted */
-	char false;	/* character printed when not tainted */
+	char c_true;	/* character printed when tainted */
+	char c_false;	/* character printed when not tainted */
 	bool module;	/* also show as a per-module taint flag */
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index f7482db..5f7d482 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ static size_t module_flags_taint(struct module *mod, char *buf)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < TAINT_FLAGS_COUNT; i++) {
 		if (taint_flags[i].module && test_bit(i, &mod->taints))
-			buf[l++] = taint_flags[i].true;
+			buf[l++] = taint_flags[i].c_true;
 	}
 
 	return l;
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index c51edaa..901c4fb 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ const char *print_tainted(void)
 		for (i = 0; i < TAINT_FLAGS_COUNT; i++) {
 			const struct taint_flag *t = &taint_flags[i];
 			*s++ = test_bit(i, &tainted_mask) ?
-					t->true : t->false;
+					t->c_true : t->c_false;
 		}
 		*s = 0;
 	} else
-- 
2.10.2