linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 04/14] lib/vsprintf.c: expand field

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Date:	Thu, 03 Dec 2015 15:41:08 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Martin Kletzander <mkletzan@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
	Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard@...hat.com>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 04/14] lib/vsprintf.c: expand field_width to 24 bits

On Thu, 2015-12-03 at 23:28 +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, 2015-12-03 at 12:54 -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Thu, 2015-12-03 at 21:51 +0100, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
[]
> > > I didn't find a BUILD_BUG/compiletime_assertion/... which would work
> > > outside function context, so for now I just open-coded it.
> > > 
> > > [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2034835
[]
> I like most of the stuff here, though, can we avoid open-coded
> BUILD_BUG_ON()?

Not so far as I can know.  Maybe another generic could be added.

It doesn't seem this specific check is all that useful.

sizeof(struct printf_spec) != 8

I suppose there could be an assert in some function instead.
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