linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: Remove BUILD_BUG

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Date:	Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:26:55 -0800
From:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
To:	Simon Glass <sjg@...omium.org>
CC:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	Olof Johansson <olofj@...omium.org>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dave Martin <dave.martin@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: Remove BUILD_BUG_ON from asm/bug.h

On 01/03/12 14:40, Simon Glass wrote:
> Yes that is the reason, but ARM is not unique in this matter, and
> other archs do not have this check. I did suggest a solution in this
> thread involving putting the check in a C file instead of header. But
> it needs an arch-specific #define to specify the size expected by the
> assembler, and has the disadvantage of moving the check away from the
> assembler code.
>
> It's not that we don't want this check, more that it is not essential
> (since there is currently no mismatch), it is causing problems and it
> is risky to try to solve this problem some other way at this late
> stage in 3.2. So the easiest thing is to remove it, to match other
> archs.

Fair enough. I now see the other thread where this has all been
discussed. Sorry for the noise.

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