linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add BUILD_BUG_ON_NOT_POWER_OF

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Date:	Thu, 7 Jan 2010 08:33:21 +0100
From:	Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
To:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Dillow <dave@...dillows.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add BUILD_BUG_ON_NOT_POWER_OF_2()

On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 12:02 AM, Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com> wrote:
> +/* Force a compilation error if expression is not a power of 2 */
> +#define BUILD_BUG_ON_NOT_POWER_OF_2(n)                 \
> +       BUILD_BUG_ON(((n) != 0 && (((n) & ((n) - 1)) == 0)))

Hello Roland,

Can you please change the above into the following, such that the
macro does what its name suggests:

#define BUILD_BUG_ON_NOT_POWER_OF_2(n)                 \
       BUILD_BUG_ON(((n) == 0 || (((n) & ((n) - 1)) != 0)))

Bart.
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