c03567a8e8
Commit c7acec713d14 ("kernel.h: handle pointers to arrays better in
container_of()") made use of __compiletime_assert() from container_of()
thus increasing the usage of this macro, allowing developers to notice
type conflicts in usage of container_of() at compile time.
However, the implementation of __compiletime_assert relies on compiler
optimizations to report an error. This means that if a developer uses
"-O0" with any code that performs container_of(), the compiler will always
report an error regardless of whether there is an actual problem in the
code.
This patch disables compile_time_assert when optimizations are disabled to
allow such code to compile with CFLAGS="-O0".
Example compilation failure:
./include/linux/compiler.h:547:38: error: call to `__compiletime_assert_94' 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 `__compiletime_assert'
prefix ## suffix(); \
^~~~~~
./include/linux/compiler.h:547:2: note: in expansion of macro `_compiletime_assert'
_compiletime_assert(condition, msg, __compiletime_assert_, __LINE__)
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
./include/linux/build_bug.h:46:37: note: in expansion of macro `compiletime_assert'
#define BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(cond, msg) compiletime_assert(!(cond), msg)
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
./include/linux/kernel.h:860:2: note: in expansion of macro `BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG'
BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(!__same_type(*(ptr), ((type *)0)->member) && \
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: use do{}while(0), per Michal]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170829230114.11662-1-joe@ovn.org
Fixes: c7acec713d14c6c ("kernel.h: handle pointers to arrays better in container_of()")
Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joe@ovn.org>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@mina86.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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