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authorJames Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>2012-06-10 22:52:10 +1000
committerJames Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>2012-06-10 22:52:10 +1000
commit66dd07b88a1c9d446f32253da606b87324fa620e (patch)
tree4e0971bdd543585c7ab46716ae808a7fd82f9c35 /include/linux/bug.h
parentf52c44cd27b4a0be37ef97f0466e4095ebebef3f (diff)
parentcfaf025112d3856637ff34a767ef785ef5cf2ca9 (diff)
Merge commit 'v3.5-rc2' into next
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diff --git a/include/linux/bug.h b/include/linux/bug.h
index 72961c39576a..aaac4bba6f5c 100644
--- a/include/linux/bug.h
+++ b/include/linux/bug.h
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ struct pt_regs;
#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
+ * expression but avoids the generation of any code, even if that expression
+ * has side-effects.
+ */
+#define BUILD_BUG_ON_INVALID(e) ((void)(sizeof((__force long)(e))))
+
/**
* BUILD_BUG_ON - break compile if a condition is true.
* @condition: the condition which the compiler should know is false.