linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] atmel_serial: Fix bad BUILD_BUG

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Date:	Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:58:51 +0200
From:	Claudio Scordino <claudio@...dence.eu.com>
To:	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>
CC:	Haavard Skinnemoen <haavard.skinnemoen@...el.com>,
	Andrew Victor <avictor.za@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] atmel_serial: Fix bad BUILD_BUG_ON() usage

Nicolas Ferre ha scritto:
> Haavard Skinnemoen :
>> is_power_of_2() appears not to be constant enough for BUILD_BUG_ON()
>> after the latest rework, so replace it with an open-coded test.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Haavard Skinnemoen <haavard.skinnemoen@...el.com>
> Acked-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/serial/atmel_serial.c |    2 +-
>>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/serial/atmel_serial.c b/drivers/serial/atmel_serial.c
>> index 3551c5c..9d948bc 100644
>> --- a/drivers/serial/atmel_serial.c
>> +++ b/drivers/serial/atmel_serial.c
>> @@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@ static int __devinit atmel_serial_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>  	void *data;
>>  	int ret;
>>  
>> -	BUILD_BUG_ON(!is_power_of_2(ATMEL_SERIAL_RINGSIZE));
>> +	BUILD_BUG_ON(ATMEL_SERIAL_RINGSIZE & (ATMEL_SERIAL_RINGSIZE - 1));
>>  
>>  	port = &atmel_ports[pdev->id];
>>  	port->backup_imr = 0;
> 
> 

Hi all,

    I was expecting this patch to be merged in 2.6.32-rc4...

Consider that without this change, the driver does not _even_ build 
(that's why I think we shouldn't wait the next merge window...).

Regards,

            Claudio

  	
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