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SubjectRe: [PATCH 5/5 ver2] debug: BUILD_BUG_ON: error on non-const expressions
>>> Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> 03.09.08 10:57 >>>
>Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>>> Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> 02.09.08 17:57 >>>
>>> -#define BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(e) (sizeof(char[1 - 2 * !!(e)]) - 1)
>>> +#define BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(e) (sizeof(struct { int:-!!(e); }))
>>> +
>>> +/* Force a compilation error if condition is true */
>>> +#define BUILD_BUG_ON(e) \
>>> + do { struct {int:-!!(e); } x __maybe_unused;} while(0)
>>
>> As indicated before, you should at the very least use __x as the variable
>> name.
>>
>
>The name does not matter. The scope of x is confined to the do {} while()
>and will not interfere with any local or global name.

I'm sorry to repeat this: If x is #define-d to anything but a simple identifier,
this will break no matter that it's in a private scope. The absence of any
identifier was a benefit of the sizeof() approach here.

Jan



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