[PATCH resend] uapi/linux/keyctl.h: don't use C++ reserved keyword as a struct member name

Andrew Morton akpm at linux-foundation.org
Mon Sep 10 22:09:03 UTC 2018


On Mon, 10 Sep 2018 00:00:18 +0200 Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 04:34:04PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap at infradead.org>
> > 
> > Since this header is in "include/uapi/linux/", apparently people
> > want to use it in userspace programs -- even in C++ ones.
> > However, the header uses a C++ reserved keyword ("private"),
> > so change that to "dh_private" instead to allow the header file
> > to be used in C++ userspace.
> 
> This change breaks all existing C programs that rely on <linux/keyctl.h>
> uapi header in order to get struct keyctl_dh_params definition, however.

Are there such programs?  Do they reference the `private' field?



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