[PATCH] rcu: avoid checking for constant

From: Jan Engelhardt
Date: Thu Jan 12 2012 - 00:12:07 EST


When compiling kernel or module code with -O0, "offset" is no longer
considered a constant, and therefore always triggers the build error
that BUILD_BUG_ON is defined to yield.

What is the rationale between the forced constant check,
introduced in 9ab1544eb4196ca8d05c433b2eb56f74496b1ee3?

Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/rcupdate.h | 2 --
1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 2cf4226..38c5ba5 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -805,8 +805,6 @@ void __kfree_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, unsigned long offset)
{
typedef void (*rcu_callback)(struct rcu_head *);

- BUILD_BUG_ON(!__builtin_constant_p(offset));
-
/* See the kfree_rcu() header comment. */
BUILD_BUG_ON(!__is_kfree_rcu_offset(offset));

--
1.7.7

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