[PATCH] Generic boolean

This patch defines:
* a generic boolean-type, named 'bool'
* aliases to 0 and 1, named 'false' and 'true'

Removing colliding definitions of 'bool', 'false' and 'true'.

Signed-off-by: Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@student.ltu.se>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/stddef.h b/include/linux/stddef.h
index ea65dfb60cd8..6a40c76bdcf1 100644
--- a/include/linux/stddef.h
+++ b/include/linux/stddef.h
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
+
+enum {
+        false   = 0,
+        true    = 1
+};
+
 #undef offsetof
 #ifdef __compiler_offsetof
 #define offsetof(TYPE,MEMBER) __compiler_offsetof(TYPE,MEMBER)
diff --git a/include/linux/types.h b/include/linux/types.h
index 3f235660a3cd..406d4ae57631 100644
--- a/include/linux/types.h
+++ b/include/linux/types.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ typedef __kernel_clockid_t	clockid_t;
 typedef __kernel_mqd_t          mqd_t;
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
+typedef _Bool                   bool;
+
 typedef __kernel_uid32_t        uid_t;
 typedef __kernel_gid32_t        gid_t;
 typedef __kernel_uid16_t        uid16_t;