linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] serial/atmel_serial: Fix another fallout of the change to BUILD_BUG

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Message-Id: <4ADC3D3C020000780001AA10@vpn.id2.novell.com>
Date:	Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:19:40 +0100
From:	"Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@...ell.com>
To:	"Rusty Russell" <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	"Haavard Skinnemoen" <haavard.skinnemoen@...el.com>,
	"Haavard Skinnemoen" <hskinnemoen@...el.com>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Alan Cox" <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial/atmel_serial: Fix another fallout of the
	 change to BUILD_BUG_ON

>>> Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> 19.10.09 08:08 >>>
>How's this?  It's not quite valid C, but it "works":

But that's not what you proposed initially, i.e. generating a link time
error if a compile time error can't be generated (and only if even a link
time error isn't possible, a run time one should be forced).

And btw., why do you think this isn't valid C?

Jan

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