linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: lustre: shut up clang warnings on CLASSERT()

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Message-ID: <CAK8P3a1oT+yp_kP-faQMdVun7ny9gfSpby3Ae0xmEpzmuGEJCA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 2 Feb 2017 11:40:32 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     "Dilger, Andreas" <andreas.dilger@...el.com>,
        "Drokin, Oleg" <oleg.drokin@...el.com>,
        James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org>,
        "Eremin, Dmitry" <dmitry.eremin@...el.com>,
        Lustre Development List <lustre-devel@...ts.lustre.org>,
        "devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: lustre: shut up clang warnings on CLASSERT()

On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 10:54 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_private.h
>> > index aab15d8112a4..2d5435029185 100644
>> > --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_private.h
>> > +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_private.h
>> > @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ do {                                                        \
>> >  *       value  after  conversion...
>> >  *
>> >  */
>> > -#define CLASSERT(cond) do {switch (42) {case (cond): case 0: break; } } while (0)
>> > +#define CLASSERT(cond) do {switch (42) {case (cond): case 0: default: break; } } while (0)
>
> Ugh, why not just use the in-kernel ASSERT macro instead?

We don't have one ;-)

I've done a semi-automated patch to replace CLASSERT() with the respective
BUILD_BUG_ON() now, but that patch is quite large.

    Arnd