common/macros: don't define min and max macros in C++

[lttng-tools.git] / src / common / macros.h

diff --git a/src/common/macros.h b/src/common/macros.h
index 97faf03280925fc3503a9ddb6d348093c07c1501..e9dc190aac3f00c0235d272d375c950632013a26 100644 (file)
--- a/src/common/macros.h
+++ b/src/common/macros.h
@@ -57,20 +57,30 @@ void *zmalloc(size_t len)
        })
 #endif
 
-#ifndef max
-#define max(a, b) ((a) > (b) ? (a) : (b))
-#endif
 
-#ifndef max_t
-#define max_t(type, a, b)      max((type) a, (type) b)
-#endif
+/*
+ * The min and max macros are not needed in C++ (std::min and std::max are
+ * preferred) and they conflict with some C++ header file. Don't define them
+ * when compiling C++ source.
+ */
+#ifndef __cplusplus
 
-#ifndef min
-#define min(a, b) ((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))
-#endif
+# ifndef max
+#  define max(a, b) ((a) > (b) ? (a) : (b))
+# endif
+
+# ifndef min
+#  define min(a, b) ((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))
+# endif
+
+# ifndef max_t
+#  define max_t(type, a, b)    max((type) a, (type) b)
+# endif
+
+# ifndef min_t
+#  define min_t(type, a, b)    min((type) a, (type) b)
+# endif
 
-#ifndef min_t
-#define min_t(type, a, b)      min((type) a, (type) b)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef LTTNG_PACKED