[PATCH 6/7] tools headers compiler: Pick the const_true() define from the kernel sources

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Mon May 19 2025 - 17:47:17 EST


From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>

The sync of include/linux/bits.h with the kernel sources will make use
of this define, so add it to the tools/include/linux/compiler. variant
used to build tools/ living code.

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yury Norov <yury.norov@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/include/linux/compiler.h | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/include/linux/compiler.h b/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
index 9c05a59f01842c34..d627e66a04a6192e 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -81,6 +81,28 @@
#define __is_constexpr(x) \
(sizeof(int) == sizeof(*(8 ? ((void *)((long)(x) * 0l)) : (int *)8)))

+/*
+ * Similar to statically_true() but produces a constant expression
+ *
+ * To be used in conjunction with macros, such as BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(),
+ * which require their input to be a constant expression and for which
+ * statically_true() would otherwise fail.
+ *
+ * This is a trade-off: const_true() requires all its operands to be
+ * compile time constants. Else, it would always returns false even on
+ * the most trivial cases like:
+ *
+ * true || non_const_var
+ *
+ * On the opposite, statically_true() is able to fold more complex
+ * tautologies and will return true on expressions such as:
+ *
+ * !(non_const_var * 8 % 4)
+ *
+ * For the general case, statically_true() is better.
+ */
+#define const_true(x) __builtin_choose_expr(__is_constexpr(x), x, false)
+
#ifdef __ANDROID__
/*
* FIXME: Big hammer to get rid of tons of:
--
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