On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 04:34:04PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> From: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
> 
> 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.
> 
> Fixes https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=191051
> Fixes: ddbb41148724 ("KEYS: Add KEYCTL_DH_COMPUTE command")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
> Cc: David Howells <[email protected]>
> Cc: James Morris <[email protected]>
> Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Cc: Mat Martineau <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/keyctl.h |    2 +-
>  security/keys/dh.c          |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> --- lnx-416.orig/include/uapi/linux/keyctl.h
> +++ lnx-416/include/uapi/linux/keyctl.h
> @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
>  
>  /* keyctl structures */
>  struct keyctl_dh_params {
> -     __s32 private;
> +     __s32 dh_private;

Ick ick ick, why not just put the C "namespace" on all uapi files if you
are including them from c++ code?  I'm sure this isn't the only problem
that has this problem, right?

This is valid C, no need to start worrying about C++ reserved names.

thanks,

greg "'struct class' is your friend" k-h

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