kern/165559: ufsmount.h uses the 'export' keyword as a structure
member name
Jim C.
jim at carroll.com
Wed Feb 29 17:50:11 UTC 2012
>Number: 165559
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: ufsmount.h uses the 'export' keyword as a structure member name
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
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>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Feb 29 17:50:11 UTC 2012
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>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Jim C.
>Release: 8.2-RELEASE-p4
>Organization:
Carroll-Net, Inc.
>Environment:
FreeBSD bv601.hck.carroll.com 8.2-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p4 #0: Fri Nov 18 15:50:11 EST 2011
>Description:
While compiling some GNU C++ code against the include file /usr/include/ufs/ufs/ufsmount.h, we discovered the ufs_args structure has a member variable named 'export'. G++ chokes with the following error:
/usr/include/ufs/ufs/ufsmount.h:43: error: expected unqualified-id before 'export'
The reason is that the term 'export' is a reserved, but presently unused keyword in the C++ language.
To solve our problem, we've copied the header locally to our project folder, and renamed the reference. But if possible, I was hoping this could be folded back into the main tree.
I recognize this could present a breaking change for any projects that link against libufs -- but sooner or later this change will need to be accepted or someone is going to have to convince the folks at GNU/C++ to add a compiler directive to ignore the 'export' keyword (fyi -- I checked, but so far this looks like a no go).
FYI -- the folks at the openssl project encountered had a similar problem and eventually they were forced to just rename the member variable.
>How-To-Repeat:
Create my.cpp, paste in
#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/mount.h>
#include <ufs/ufs/ufsmount.h>
#include <ufs/ufs/dinode.h>
#include <ufs/ffs/fs.h>
#include <libufs.h>
g++ -c my.cpp
~
~
>Fix:
--- ufsmount.h 2012-02-29 12:33:04.000000000 -0500
+++ /usr/include/ufs/ufs/ufsmount.h 2012-02-29 12:32:28.000000000 -0500
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
*/
struct ufs_args {
char *fspec; /* block special device to mount */
- struct oexport_args export_; /* network export information */
+ struct oexport_args export; /* network export information */
};
#ifdef _KERNEL
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