Re: [PATCH 1/3] drm: Make drm.h uapi header safe for C++

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On 6 April 2016 at 16:58, Gabriel Laskar <gabriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Mar 2016 16:19:42 +0200
> Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> virtual is a protected keyword in C++ and can't be used at all. Ugh.
>>
>> This aligns the kernel versions of the drm headers with the ones in
>> libdrm.
>>
>> Cc: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  include/uapi/drm/drm.h | 4 ++++
>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
>> index a0ebfe7c9a28..d299c7749091 100644
>> --- a/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
>> +++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
>> @@ -373,7 +373,11 @@ struct drm_buf_pub {
>>   */
>>  struct drm_buf_map {
>>       int count;              /**< Length of the buffer list */
>> +#ifdef __cplusplus
>> +     void *virt;
>> +#else
>>       void __user *virtual;           /**< Mmap'd area in
>> user-virtual */ +#endif
>>       struct drm_buf_pub __user *list;        /**< Buffer
>> information */ };
>>
>
> Why not simply rename the field ?
>
It will break existing users. Some of which haven't been
updated/maintained in a long while.

-Emil
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