Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 5 Sep 2018 18:54:36 +0200 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 03/11] UAPI: virtio_net: Fix use of C++ keywords as structural members |
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On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 04:54:55PM +0100, David Howells wrote: > The virtio_net_ctrl_hdr struct uses a C++ keyword as structural members. Fix > this by inserting an anonymous union that provides an alternative name and > then hide the reserved name in C++. > > Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> > cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> > cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com> > cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org > --- > > include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h | 7 ++++++- > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h > index a3715a3224c1..967142bc0e05 100644 > --- a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h > @@ -150,7 +150,12 @@ struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf { > * command goes in between. > */ > struct virtio_net_ctrl_hdr { > - __u8 class; > + union { > +#ifndef __cplusplus > + __u8 class; > +#endif > + __u8 _class; > + };
Ugh, ick, no!
Come on now, either put the whole C namespace stuff around the file, or don't care about this at all. Doing this whack-a-mole style is a mess.
"class" is a fine variable name for C code, there's no reason this has to change here at all.
greg k-h
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