sysparser: check for reserved parent fields

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/sysparser/lexer.go b/sysparser/lexer.go
index 06210a584..18143c901 100644
--- a/sysparser/lexer.go
+++ b/sysparser/lexer.go
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ func Parse(in io.Reader) *Description {
 				}
 				fields := make(map[string]bool)
 				for _, f := range str.Flds {
+					if f[0] == "parent" {
+						failf("struct/union %v contains reserved field 'parent'", str.Name)
+					}
 					if fields[f[0]] {
 						failf("duplicate field %v in struct/union %v", f[0], str.Name)
 					}