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-rw-r--r--tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h3
-rw-r--r--tools/include/linux/compiler.h5
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
index 616935f1ff56..825d44f89a29 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@
#if GCC_VERSION >= 40300
# define __compiletime_error(message) __attribute__((error(message)))
#endif /* GCC_VERSION >= 40300 */
+
+/* &a[0] degrades to a pointer: a different type from an array */
+#define __must_be_array(a) BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(__same_type((a), &(a)[0]))
diff --git a/tools/include/linux/compiler.h b/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
index c9e65e8faacd..23299d7e7160 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
# define __always_inline inline __attribute__((always_inline))
#endif
+/* Are two types/vars the same type (ignoring qualifiers)? */
+#ifndef __same_type
+# define __same_type(a, b) __builtin_types_compatible_p(typeof(a), typeof(b))
+#endif
+
#ifdef __ANDROID__
/*
* FIXME: Big hammer to get rid of tons of: