linux-kernel - Re: [next:akpm 129/309] net/core/sock.c:274:36: error: initializer element is not constant

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Date:	Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:08:04 -0400
From:	John David Anglin <dave.anglin@...l.net>
To:	Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
CC:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...isc-linux.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Parisc List <linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [next:akpm 129/309] net/core/sock.c:274:36: error: initializer element is not constant

On 24-Jul-12, at 3:48 AM, Fengguang Wu wrote:

> Here is the line in sock.i:
>
> struct static_key memalloc_socks = ((struct static_key) { .enabled =  
> ((atomic_t) { (0) }) });


The above line contains two compound literals.  It also uses a  
designated initializer
to initialize the field enabled.  A compound literal is not a constant  
expression.

The location of the above statement isn't fully clear, but if a  
compound literal occurs
outside the body of a function, the initializer list must consist of  
constant expressions.

Removing "(atomic_t)" from the define results in a constant expression.

Test case:

typedef struct { long enabled; } atomic_t;
struct static_key { atomic_t enabled; int x; };
struct static_key memalloc_socks = ((struct static_key) { .enabled =  
((atomic_t) { (0) }) });

Dave
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John David Anglin	dave.anglin@...l.net



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