Re: [PATCH net-next] compiler: Document behavior compiling with -O0

[Joe Stringer]

On 24 August 2017 at 09:45, Joe Stringer <joe@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Recent changes[0] to make use of __compiletime_assert() from container_of()
> increased the scope of this macro, resulting in a wider set of
> situations where developers cannot compile their code using "-O0". I
> noticed this when making use of the macro in my own development, and
> spent more time than I'd like to admit tracking the problem down. This
> patch documents the behavior in lieu of a compile-time assertion
> implementation that does not rely on optimizations.
>
> Example compilation failure:
>
> ./include/linux/compiler.h:547:38: error: call to â__compiletime_assert_94â declared with attribute error: pointer type mismatch in container_of()
>   _compiletime_assert(condition, msg, __compiletime_assert_, __LINE__)
>                                       ^
> ./include/linux/compiler.h:530:4: note: in definition of macro â__compiletime_assertâ
>     prefix ## suffix();    \
>     ^~~~~~
> ./include/linux/compiler.h:547:2: note: in expansion of macro â_compiletime_assertâ
>   _compiletime_assert(condition, msg, __compiletime_assert_, __LINE__)
>   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ./include/linux/build_bug.h:46:37: note: in expansion of macro âcompiletime_assertâ
>  #define BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(cond, msg) compiletime_assert(!(cond), msg)
>                                      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ./include/linux/kernel.h:860:2: note: in expansion of macro âBUILD_BUG_ON_MSGâ
>   BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(!__same_type(*(ptr), ((type *)0)->member) && \
>   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> [0] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170525120316.24473-7-abbotti@xxxxxxxxx
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joe@xxxxxxx>

This patch was written against the net-next tree, but is not targeted
at the net-next tree. My usual submissions go there so my formatting
scripts just inserted that. I can strip out and resend against a
particular tree if this is a problem.