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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/compiler.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/compiler.h | 30 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h index d004f9b5528d..155385754824 100644 --- a/include/linux/compiler.h +++ b/include/linux/compiler.h @@ -198,7 +198,13 @@ void ftrace_likely_update(struct ftrace_likely_data *f, int val, #endif /* __CHECKER__ */ /* &a[0] degrades to a pointer: a different type from an array */ -#define __must_be_array(a) __BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO_MSG(__same_type((a), &(a)[0]), "must be array") +#define __is_array(a) (!__same_type((a), &(a)[0])) +#define __must_be_array(a) __BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO_MSG(!__is_array(a), \ + "must be array") + +#define __is_byte_array(a) (__is_array(a) && sizeof((a)[0]) == 1) +#define __must_be_byte_array(a) __BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO_MSG(!__is_byte_array(a), \ + "must be byte array") /* Require C Strings (i.e. NUL-terminated) lack the "nonstring" attribute. */ #define __must_be_cstr(p) \ @@ -308,6 +314,28 @@ static inline void *offset_to_ptr(const int *off) #define statically_true(x) (__builtin_constant_p(x) && (x)) /* + * 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) + +/* * This is needed in functions which generate the stack canary, see * arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c::start_secondary() for an example. */ |