Re: [PATCH] BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO -> BUILD_BUG_OR_ZERO

From: Jan Engelhardt
Date: Mon Mar 12 2007 - 04:41:50 EST



On Mar 12 2007 08:23, Jan Beulich wrote:
>
>I have to admit that I don't see the point here - I can't seem to make any
>sense of the OR... Jan

BUILD_BUG_OR_ZERO will either (a) result in a build bug or (b) the number
zero, suitable for arithmetic.

>>>> Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 12.03.07 00:28 >>>
>BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO is named perfectly wrong, and BUILD_BUG_ON_RETURN_ZERO
>is too long. Flip three bits, and the name is much more suitable.
>
>Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>diff -r 6fb745a5bb51 include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
>--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h Mon Mar 12 09:12:20 2007 +1100
>+++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h Mon Mar 12 09:51:18 2007 +1100
>@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
>
> /* &a[0] degrades to a pointer: a different type from an array */
> #define __must_be_array(a) \
>- BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(__builtin_types_compatible_p(typeof(a), typeof(&a[0])))
>+ BUILD_BUG_OR_ZERO(__builtin_types_compatible_p(typeof(a), typeof(&a[0])))
>
> #define inline inline __attribute__((always_inline))
> #define __inline__ __inline__ __attribute__((always_inline))
>diff -r 6fb745a5bb51 include/linux/kernel.h
>--- a/include/linux/kernel.h Mon Mar 12 09:12:20 2007 +1100
>+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h Mon Mar 12 09:51:25 2007 +1100
>@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ struct sysinfo {
> result (of value 0 and type size_t), so the expression can be used
> e.g. in a structure initializer (or where-ever else comma expressions
> aren't permitted). */
>-#define BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(e) (sizeof(char[1 - 2 * !!(e)]) - 1)
>+#define BUILD_BUG_OR_ZERO(e) (sizeof(char[1 - 2 * !!(e)]) - 1)
>
> /* Trap pasters of __FUNCTION__ at compile-time */
> #define __FUNCTION__ (__func__)
>diff -r 6fb745a5bb51 include/linux/moduleparam.h
>--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h Mon Mar 12 09:12:20 2007 +1100
>+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h Mon Mar 12 09:51:42 2007 +1100
>@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ struct kparam_array
> #define __module_param_call(prefix, name, set, get, arg, perm) \
> /* Default value instead of permissions? */ \
> static int __param_perm_check_##name __attribute__((unused)) = \
>- BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO((perm) < 0 || (perm) > 0777 || ((perm) & 2)); \
>+ BUILD_BUG_OR_ZERO((perm) < 0 || (perm) > 0777 || ((perm) & 2)); \
> static char __param_str_##name[] = prefix #name; \
> static struct kernel_param const __param_##name \
> __attribute_used__ \
>
>
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Jan
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