On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 1:38 AM, Andrew Morton <a...@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Oct 2015 22:30:04 +0200 Rasmus Villemoes 
> <li...@rasmusvillemoes.dk> wrote:
>
>> I didn't find a BUILD_BUG/compiletime_assertion/... which would work
>> outside function context, so for now I just open-coded it.
>>
>
> It comes up occasionally.  It would be better to create one.
>
>> +extern char __check_printf_spec[1-2*(sizeof(struct printf_spec) != 8)];
>
> Maybe something like
>
> /*
>  * Description goes here
>  */
> #define BUILD_BUG_ON_STATIC(unique_id, expr)            \
>         typedef char unique_id[1-2*(expr)];

Yeah, it would be really nice to get rid of unique_id, though I have
no idea how to achieve.

>
> BUILD_BUG_ON_STATIC(__check_printf_spec, sizeof(struct printf_spec) != 8);
>
> ("static" seems the wrong term, but what is the correct term for
> "outside of functions"?)

Just _EXT?  Or _VAR?


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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