The patch titled sparse: define dummy BUILD_BUG_ON definition for sparse has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is sparse-define-dummy-build_bug_on-definition-for-sparse.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: sparse: define dummy BUILD_BUG_ON definition for sparse From: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> BUILD_BUG_ON() causes a syntax error to detect coding errors. So it causes sparse to detect an error too. This reduces sparse's usefulness. This patch makes a dummy BUILD_BUG_ON() definition for sparse. Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/kernel.h | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff -puN include/linux/kernel.h~sparse-define-dummy-build_bug_on-definition-for-sparse include/linux/kernel.h --- a/include/linux/kernel.h~sparse-define-dummy-build_bug_on-definition-for-sparse +++ a/include/linux/kernel.h @@ -637,6 +637,13 @@ struct sysinfo { char _f[20-2*sizeof(long)-sizeof(int)]; /* Padding: libc5 uses this.. */ }; +#ifdef __CHECKER__ +#define BUILD_BUG_ON_NOT_POWER_OF_2(n) +#define BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(e) +#define BUILD_BUG_ON_NULL(e) +#define BUILD_BUG_ON(condition) +#else /* __CHECKER__ */ + /* Force a compilation error if a constant expression is not a power of 2 */ #define BUILD_BUG_ON_NOT_POWER_OF_2(n) \ BUILD_BUG_ON((n) == 0 || (((n) & ((n) - 1)) != 0)) @@ -673,6 +680,7 @@ extern int __build_bug_on_failed; if (condition) __build_bug_on_failed = 1; \ } while(0) #endif +#endif /* __CHECKER__ */ /* Trap pasters of __FUNCTION__ at compile-time */ #define __FUNCTION__ (__func__) _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch mm-per-node-vmstat-show-proper-vmstats.patch mm-per-node-vmstat-show-proper-vmstats-fix.patch mm-increase-reclaim_distance-to-30.patch mm-introduce-wait_on_page_locked_killable.patch x86mm-make-pagefault-killable.patch mm-mem-hotplug-fix-section-mismatch-setup_per_zone_inactive_ratio-should-be-__meminit.patch mm-mem-hotplug-recalculate-lowmem_reserve-when-memory-hotplug-occur.patch mm-mem-hotplug-update-pcp-stat_threshold-when-memory-hotplug-occur.patch mm-mem-hotplug-update-pcp-stat_threshold-when-memory-hotplug-occur-fix.patch mm-convert-vma-vm_flags-to-64-bit.patch mm-add-__nocast-attribute-to-vm_flags.patch fremap-convert-vm_flags-to-unsigned-long-long.patch procfs-convert-vm_flags-to-unsigned-long-long.patch oom-replace-pf_oom_origin-with-toggling-oom_score_adj.patch oom-replace-pf_oom_origin-with-toggling-oom_score_adj-update.patch mm-batch-activate_page-to-reduce-lock-contention.patch sparse-define-dummy-build_bug_on-definition-for-sparse.patch sparse-define-__must_be_array-for-__checker__.patch sparse-undef-__compiletime_warningerror-if-__checker__-is-defined.patch mm-move-enum-vm_event_item-into-a-standalone-header-file.patch memcg-count-the-soft_limit-reclaim-in-global-background-reclaim.patch memcg-add-stats-to-monitor-soft_limit-reclaim.patch add-the-pagefault-count-into-memcg-stats.patch add-the-pagefault-count-into-memcg-stats-fix.patch cpusets-randomize-node-rotor-used-in-cpuset_mem_spread_node.patch kexec-remove-kmsg_dump_kexec.patch kexec-remove-kmsg_dump_kexec-fix.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html