netdev - [PATCH 2/2] build_bug.h: remove BUILD_BUG_ON

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Date:   Fri,  5 Jan 2018 12:10:33 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] build_bug.h: remove BUILD_BUG_ON_NULL()

This macro is only used by net/ipv6/mcast.c, but there is no reason
why it must be BUILD_BUG_ON_NULL().

Replace it with BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(), and remove BUILD_BUG_ON_NULL()
definition from <linux/build_bug.h>.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
---

 include/linux/build_bug.h | 2 --
 net/ipv6/mcast.c          | 8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/build_bug.h b/include/linux/build_bug.h
index 3efed0d..43d1fd5 100644
--- a/include/linux/build_bug.h
+++ b/include/linux/build_bug.h
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #define __BUILD_BUG_ON_NOT_POWER_OF_2(n) (0)
 #define BUILD_BUG_ON_NOT_POWER_OF_2(n) (0)
 #define BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(e) (0)
-#define BUILD_BUG_ON_NULL(e) ((void *)0)
 #define BUILD_BUG_ON_INVALID(e) (0)
 #define BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(cond, msg) (0)
 #define BUILD_BUG_ON(condition) (0)
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@
  * aren't permitted).
  */
 #define BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(e) (sizeof(struct { int:(-!!(e)); }))
-#define BUILD_BUG_ON_NULL(e) ((void *)sizeof(struct { int:(-!!(e)); }))
 
 /*
  * BUILD_BUG_ON_INVALID() permits the compiler to check the validity of the
diff --git a/net/ipv6/mcast.c b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
index 8446426..b28d4aa 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/mcast.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@
 #include <net/ip6_checksum.h>
 
 /* Ensure that we have struct in6_addr aligned on 32bit word. */
-static void *__mld2_query_bugs[] __attribute__((__unused__)) = {
-	BUILD_BUG_ON_NULL(offsetof(struct mld2_query, mld2q_srcs) % 4),
-	BUILD_BUG_ON_NULL(offsetof(struct mld2_report, mld2r_grec) % 4),
-	BUILD_BUG_ON_NULL(offsetof(struct mld2_grec, grec_mca) % 4)
+static int __mld2_query_bugs[] __attribute__((__unused__)) = {
+	BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(offsetof(struct mld2_query, mld2q_srcs) % 4),
+	BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(offsetof(struct mld2_report, mld2r_grec) % 4),
+	BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(offsetof(struct mld2_grec, grec_mca) % 4)
 };
 
 static struct in6_addr mld2_all_mcr = MLD2_ALL_MCR_INIT;
-- 
2.7.4