Re: [RFC][PATCH] A generic boolean (version 2)

[Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>]

ricknu-0@student.ltu.se wrote:
> diff --git a/include/asm-i386/types.h b/include/asm-i386/types.h
> index 4b4b295..841792b 100644
> --- a/include/asm-i386/types.h
> +++ b/include/asm-i386/types.h
> @@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
>  #ifndef _I386_TYPES_H
>  #define _I386_TYPES_H
>  
> +#if defined(__GNUC__)
> +typedef _Bool bool;
> +#else
> +#warning You compiler doesn't seem to support boolean types, will set 'bool' as
> an 'unsigned int'
> +typedef unsigned int bool;
> +#endif
> +
>  #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
>  
>  typedef unsigned short umode_t;

Just delete the #ifdef and assume its either gcc, or a compatible 
compiler.  That's what we assume with other data types.


> @@ -10,6 +17,8 @@ typedef unsigned short umode_t;
>   * header files exported to user space
>   */
>  
> +typedef bool __u1;
> +
>  typedef __signed__ char __s8;
>  typedef unsigned char __u8;
>  
> @@ -36,6 +45,8 @@ #define BITS_PER_LONG 32
>  #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
>  
>  
> +typedef bool u1;
> +
>  typedef signed char s8;
>  typedef unsigned char u8;
>  

I wouldn't bother with these types.  Nobody uses creates in their own 
hand-crafted bool uses, so I don't think people would suddenly start.


> diff --git a/include/linux/stddef.h b/include/linux/stddef.h
> index b3a2cad..498813b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/stddef.h
> +++ b/include/linux/stddef.h
> @@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ #else
>  #define NULL ((void *)0)
>  #endif
>  
> +#define false	((0))
> +#define true	((1))

I would say:

#undef true
#undef false
enum {
	false	= 0,
	true	= 1
};

#define false false
#define true true