Hi Alistair,
On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 2:20 AM Alistair Popple <apopple@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Is this a known issue or limitation? Or is this a bug/rough edge that still
> needs fixing? Or alternatively am I just doing something wrong? Would appreciate
> any insights as figuring out what I'd done wrong here was a bit of a rough
> introduction!
Yeah, it is a result of our `build_assert!` machinery:
https://rust.docs.kernel.org/kernel/macro.build_assert.html
which works by producing a build (link) error rather than the usual
compiler error and thus the bad error message.
`build_assert!` is really the biggest hammer we have to assert
something is true at build time, since it may rely on the optimizer.
For instance, if `static_assert!` is usable in that context, it should
be instead of `build_assert!`.
Ideally we would have a way to get the message propagated somehow,
because it is indeed confusing.
I hope that helps.
Cheers,
Miguel
