Based on the observation that given the following:

        static void my_callback(void)
        {
        }
        void (*callback)(void) = 0 ? my_callback : NULL;

GCC will,

        1.) Not emit 'defined but unused' warnings for 'my_callback'
        2.) Typecheck my_callback against typeof(*callback)
        3.) Eliminate my_callback as dead code (assuming it's unused elsewhere)

this patchset explores where/how this might be used to reduce the amount of
ifdeffed code in device drivers.

Patch 1 in this series introduces two friendly-named helper macros:

        assign_if(const_expr, fn):   A friendlier form of (const_expr ? fn : 
NULL)
        assign_if_enabled(conf, fn): Composition of assign_if() and 
IS_ENABLED().

In order to show a good target usecase for these macros, patch 2 introduces a
new set of PM-related macros, similar to SET_*_PM_OPS, using
assign_if_enabled() under the hood.

In particular, this is aimed at reducing code like the following:

        #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
        static int foo_suspend(struct device *dev)
        {
                /* ... */
        }
        #else
        #define foo_suspend NULL
        #endif

        static const struct dev_pm_ops foo_pm_ops = {
                SET_SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM_OPS(foo_suspend, NULL)
        };

With the ifdefless:

        static int foo_suspend(struct device *dev)
        {
                /* ... */
        }

        static const struct dev_pm_ops foo_pm_ops = {
                ASSIGN_SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM_OPS(foo_suspend, NULL),
        };

For patch 3, an existing consumer of SET_*_PM_OPS(), the MSM USB phy driver[1]
is modified to use the newly introduced ASSIGN_*_PM_OPS() macros to show in a
real case what simplifications could be gained.

For testing that GCC is actually eliminating the PM-related callbacks when it
can, the MSM USB phy driver was built before and after patch 3, in 4 different
configurations, and object sizes compared[2]:

   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
  11008     488      20   11516    2cfc phy_objects_before/phy-msm-usb.nopm.o
  11008     488      20   11516    2cfc phy_objects_after/phy-msm-usb.nopm.o

  13528     584      20   14132    3734 phy_objects_before/phy-msm-usb.runtime.o
  13528     584      20   14132    3734 phy_objects_after/phy-msm-usb.runtime.o

  13828     632      20   14480    3890 
phy_objects_before/phy-msm-usb.runtime+sleep.o
  13828     632      20   14480    3890 
phy_objects_after/phy-msm-usb.runtime+sleep.o

  13072     560      20   13652    3554 phy_objects_before/phy-msm-usb.sleep.o
  13072     560      20   13652    3554 phy_objects_after/phy-msm-usb.sleep.o

[1]: Chosen because it has recently broken randconfig builds due to improper
     #ifdeffery using CONFIG_PM* defines
[2]:
        $ ${CROSS_COMPILE}gcc --version
        arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc (crosstool-NG linaro-1.13.1-4.8-2013.07-1 - 
Linaro GCC 2013.07) 4.8.2 20130624 (prerelease)
        Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
        This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is 
NO
        warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
PURPOSE.


Josh Cartwright (3):
  typecheck: introduce assign_if() and assign_if_enabled()
  PM: define new ASSIGN_*_PM_OPS macros based on assign_if
  usb: phy: msm: use ASSIGN_*_PM_OPS variants

 drivers/usb/phy/phy-msm-usb.c | 13 +++----------
 include/linux/pm.h            | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/typecheck.h     | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

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