linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] kernel.h: hide __is

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Date:   Sat, 17 Nov 2018 01:45:01 +0100
From:   Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@...il.com>
To:     Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] kernel.h: hide __is_constexpr() from sparse

On Fri, Nov 09, 2018 at 10:35:33AM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
> 
> __is_constexpr() is a work of art, understandable only to the most
> respected wizards of C. Even sparse doesn't seem to belong to that
> group and warns that there's an "expression using sizeof(void)".
> 
> Just hide the definition from sparse and pretend it's always true.

The development version of sparse doesn't issues a warning for
sizeof(void) soon after the introduction of __is_constexpr()
and sparse's main tree have been updated (very recently).

I strongly believe this patch shouldn't be.

Regards,
-- Luc