[PATCH 1/1] arch/powerpc: Remove redundant typedef for bool
Misbah Anjum N
misanjum at linux.ibm.com
Mon Mar 24 03:36:07 AEDT 2025
The custom 'bool' typedef in arch/powerpc/boot/types.h is incompatible with
the C23 standard, where 'bool', 'true', and 'false' are now reserved keywords.
With newer GCC versions (such as GCC 15), redefining 'bool' leads to compilation
errors. For example:
error: 'bool' cannot be defined via 'typedef'
Since 'stdbool.h' is already included and provides a standard definition for
'bool', this typedef is redundant and can be removed to avoid conflicts.
Compilation Error:
$ make -j$(nproc)
....
In file included from arch/powerpc/boot/ops.h:13,
from arch/powerpc/boot/cuboot.c:12:
arch/powerpc/boot/types.h:43:13: error: ‘bool’ cannot be defined via ‘typedef’
43 | typedef int bool;
| ^~~~
arch/powerpc/boot/types.h:43:13: note: ‘bool’ is a keyword with ‘-std=c23’ onwards
arch/powerpc/boot/types.h:43:1: warning: useless type name in empty declaration
43 | typedef int bool;
| ^~~~~~~
....
make[2]: *** [arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile:235: arch/powerpc/boot/devtree.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile:235: arch/powerpc/boot/ofconsole.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile:235: arch/powerpc/boot/ns16550.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile:235: arch/powerpc/boot/main.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [arch/powerpc/Makefile:236: zImage] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:251: __sub-make] Error 2
Signed-off-by: Misbah Anjum N <misanjum at linux.ibm.com>
---
arch/powerpc/boot/types.h | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/types.h b/arch/powerpc/boot/types.h
index 8a4c418b7..6f34b31b8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/types.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/types.h
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ typedef s64 int64_t;
#define min_t(type, a, b) min(((type) a), ((type) b))
#define max_t(type, a, b) max(((type) a), ((type) b))
+#if !defined(__STDC_VERSION__) || __STDC_VERSION__ < 202300L
typedef int bool;
+#endif
#ifndef true
#define true 1
--
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