linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selftests: harness: Rework is_signed_type() to avoid collision with overflow.h

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Message-ID: <175555274676.2809352.2693071242682617234.b4-ty@google.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:11:47 -0700
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@...adoo.fr>, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests: harness: Rework is_signed_type() to avoid
 collision with overflow.h

On Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:19:30 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Rename is_signed_type() to is_signed_var() to avoid colliding with a macro
> of the same name defined by linux/overflow.h.  Note, overflow.h's version
> takes a type as the input, whereas the harness's version takes a variable!
> 
> This fixes warnings (and presumably potential test failures) in tests
> that utilize the selftests harness and happen to (indirectly) include
> overflow.h.
> 
> [...]

Applied to kvm-x86 fixes, as this is still a big thorn in my side.

[1/1] selftests: harness: Rework is_signed_type() to avoid collision with overflow.h
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/40d5b2ab0d72

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