linux-kernel - [PATCH 06/45] C++: Do some basic C++ type definition

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Message-ID: <152261525140.30503.4153878451546376512.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:   Sun, 01 Apr 2018 21:40:51 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 06/45] C++: Do some basic C++ type definition

NULL should be defined as nullptr rather than (void *)0 as nullptr is a
special compiler type.

Don't define bool, true and false as these are defined by the compiler.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
---

 include/linux/stddef.h |   12 ++++++------
 include/linux/types.h  |    2 --
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/stddef.h b/include/linux/stddef.h
index 998a4ba28eba..470cf32e9119 100644
--- a/include/linux/stddef.h
+++ b/include/linux/stddef.h
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 
 #include <uapi/linux/stddef.h>
 
-#undef NULL
-#define NULL ((void *)0)
+/*
+ * The type of the NULL pointer.  This is a special C++ pointer type.
+ */
+typedef decltype(nullptr) nullptr_t;
 
-enum {
-	false	= 0,
-	true	= 1
-};
+#undef NULL
+#define NULL nullptr
 
 #undef offsetof
 #ifdef __compiler_offsetof
diff --git a/include/linux/types.h b/include/linux/types.h
index 31e8258ac048..68323cb03910 100644
--- a/include/linux/types.h
+++ b/include/linux/types.h
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ typedef __kernel_timer_t	timer_t;
 typedef __kernel_clockid_t	clockid_t;
 typedef __kernel_mqd_t		mqd_t;
 
-typedef _Bool			bool;
-
 typedef __kernel_uid32_t	uid_t;
 typedef __kernel_gid32_t	gid_t;
 typedef __kernel_uid16_t        uid16_t;