Re: [PATCH 04/13] lib/vsprintf.c: expand field_width to 24 bits

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Tue Dec 01 2015 - 18:38:17 EST


On Tue, 20 Oct 2015 22:30:04 +0200 Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I didn't find a BUILD_BUG/compiletime_assertion/... which would work
> outside function context, so for now I just open-coded it.
>

It comes up occasionally. It would be better to create one.

> +extern char __check_printf_spec[1-2*(sizeof(struct printf_spec) != 8)];

Maybe something like

/*
* Description goes here
*/
#define BUILD_BUG_ON_STATIC(unique_id, expr) \
typedef char unique_id[1-2*(expr)];

BUILD_BUG_ON_STATIC(__check_printf_spec, sizeof(struct printf_spec) != 8);

("static" seems the wrong term, but what is the correct term for
"outside of functions"?)

(I hope this patchset is still up-to-date)
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