Re: [PATCH] linux/compiler.h: don't use bool

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Fri Aug 17 2018 - 16:44:27 EST


On Fri, 17 Aug 2018 12:10:35 +0200 Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Appararently, it's possible to have a non-trivial TU include a few headers,
> including linux/build_bug.h, without ending up with linux/types.h. So
> the 0day bot sent me

What's a "TU"?

>
> config: um-x86_64_defconfig (attached as .config)
>
> >> include/linux/compiler.h:316:3: error: unknown type name 'bool'; did you mean '_Bool'?
> bool __cond = !(condition); \
>
> for something I'm working on.
>
> Rather than contributing to the #include madness and including
> linux/types.h from compiler.h, just use int.