use of bool in exported headers?

From: Kumar Gala
Date: Fri Jul 18 2008 - 02:28:23 EST


What's the rule with regards to use of 'bool' in a header exposed to user space apps?

We are getting the following compile error w/iptables because of bool in include/linux/netfilter/xt_sctp.h:

In file included from extensions/libip6t_sctp.c:24:
/home/seh/ltib_bsps/head/rootfs//usr/src/linux/include/linux/netfilter/ xt_sctp.h:68: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '__sctp_chunkmap_is_clear'
/home/seh/ltib_bsps/head/rootfs//usr/src/linux/include/linux/netfilter/ xt_sctp.h:80: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '__sctp_chunkmap_is_all_set'
extensions/libip6t_sctp.c: In function 'print_chunks':
extensions/libip6t_sctp.c:427: warning: implicit declaration of function '__sctp_chunkmap_is_clear'
extensions/libip6t_sctp.c:432: warning: implicit declaration of function '__sctp_chunkmap_is_all_set'
make: *** [extensions/libip6t_sctp_sh.o] Error 1
error: Bad exit status from /home/seh/ltib_bsps/head/tmp/rpm-tmp.23551 (%build)

- k
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