Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/1] perf build: Allow nested externs to enable BUILD_BUG() usage

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Fri, Oct 09, 2020 at 02:41:11PM +0200, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> On Fri, Oct 09, 2020 at 02:25:23PM +0200, Vasily Gorbik wrote:
> > Currently BUILD_BUG() macro is expanded to smth like the following:
> >    do {
> >            extern void __compiletime_assert_0(void)
> >                    __attribute__((error("BUILD_BUG failed")));
> >            if (!(!(1)))
> >                    __compiletime_assert_0();
> >    } while (0);
> > 
> > If used in a function body this obviously would produce build errors
> > with -Wnested-externs and -Werror.
> > 
> > To enable BUILD_BUG() usage in tools/arch/x86/lib/insn.c which perf
> > includes in intel-pt-decoder, build perf without -Wnested-externs.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Vasily Gorbik <gor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> that one applied nicely ;-) thanks
> 
> Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>



Thanks, applied.

- Arnaldo