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SubjectRe: [PATCH RESEND 1/1] perf build: Allow nested externs to enable BUILD_BUG() usage
Hi all,

On Fri, 9 Oct 2020 14:41:11 +0200 Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Oct 09, 2020 at 02:25:23PM +0200, Vasily Gorbik wrote:
> > Currently BUILD_BUG() macro is expanded to smth like the following:
> > do {
> > extern void __compiletime_assert_0(void)
> > __attribute__((error("BUILD_BUG failed")));
> > if (!(!(1)))
> > __compiletime_assert_0();
> > } while (0);
> >
> > If used in a function body this obviously would produce build errors
> > with -Wnested-externs and -Werror.
> >
> > To enable BUILD_BUG() usage in tools/arch/x86/lib/insn.c which perf
> > includes in intel-pt-decoder, build perf without -Wnested-externs.
> >
> > Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
> > Signed-off-by: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>
>
> that one applied nicely ;-) thanks
>
> Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>

I will apply that patch to the merge of the tip tree today (instead of
reverting the series I reverted in Friday) (unless I get an update of
the tip tree containing it, of course).

--
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell
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