linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: build failure

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Message-ID: <20080825124054.GD8663@elte.hu>
Date:	Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:40:54 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next:  build failure


* Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:

> Hi Ingo,
> 
> Today's linux-next build (sparc64 defconfig) failed like this:
> 
> ERROR: "__BUILD_BUG_ON_non_constant" [drivers/net/sunvnet.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: "__BUILD_BUG_ON_non_constant" [drivers/block/sunvdc.ko] undefined!
> 
> Probably intorduced by commit f5b5d41dd51a31fe70e3a04fb80a3b90b84c6a4e
> ("debug: fix BUILD_BUG_ON() for non-constant expressions").
> 
> The preprocessed code looks like this:
> 
> static inline __attribute__((always_inline)) u32 vio_dring_avail(struct vio_dring_state *dr,
>       unsigned int ring_size)
> {
>  do { (void)sizeof(char[1 - 2*!!(!is_power_of_2(ring_size))]); if (!__builtin_constant_p(!is_power_of_2(ring_size))) __BUILD_BUG_ON_non_constant++; } while (0);
> 
>  return (dr->pending -
>   ((dr->prod - dr->cons) & (ring_size - 1)));
> }
> 
> I tried turning the above inline function into a macro to no avail.
> 
> I applied the following patch (which is probably not what is wanted, 
> but puts back what was there before).
> 
> I see from LKML that this definition of BUILD_BUG_ON is to be 
> replaced, so this is just a temporary measure.

yeah. Note that it will only be stricter, so more fallout is expected.

	Ingo
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