Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm: convert k{un}map_atomic(p, KM_type) tok{un}map_atomic(p)

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 16:40 -0400, Nick Bowler wrote:
> > Extra marks will be awarded for
> > working out how to make unconverted code generate a compile warning ;)
> 
> It's possible to (ab)use the C preprocessor to accomplish this sort of
> thing.  For instance, consider the following:
> 
>   #include <stdio.h>
> 
>   int foo(int x)
>   {
>      return x;
>   }
> 
>   /* Deprecated; call foo instead. */
>   static inline int __attribute__((deprecated)) foo_unconverted(int x, int unused)
>   {
>      return foo(x);
>   }
> 
>   #define PASTE(a, b) a ## b
>   #define PASTE2(a, b) PASTE(a, b)
>   
>   #define NARG_(_9, _8, _7, _6, _5, _4, _3, _2, _1, n, ...) n
>   #define NARG(...) NARG_(__VA_ARGS__, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, :)
> 
>   #define foo1(...) foo(__VA_ARGS__)
>   #define foo2(...) foo_unconverted(__VA_ARGS__)
>   #define foo(...) PASTE2(foo, NARG(__VA_ARGS__)(__VA_ARGS__))

Very neat ;-)


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