include/linux/compiler_types.h:557:45: error: call to '__compiletime_assert_308' declared with attribute error: BUILD_BUG_ON failed: !__builtin_constant_p(type)
From: kernel test robot
Date: Mon Nov 10 2025 - 21:13:59 EST
tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head: 4ea7c1717f3f2344f7a1cdab4f5875cfa89c87a9
commit: 1518474b70d663baf7757ccd1b1c229c077d9b3e KVM: powerpc: Enable commented out BUILD_BUG_ON() assertion
date: 7 months ago
config: powerpc64-randconfig-002-20251111 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251111/202511111047.GZRksgk7-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
compiler: powerpc64-linux-gcc (GCC) 12.5.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251111/202511111047.GZRksgk7-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/reproduce)
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| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202511111047.GZRksgk7-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):
In file included from <command-line>:
In function 'kvmppc_account_exit_stat',
inlined from 'kvmppc_account_exit' at arch/powerpc/kvm/timing.h:92:2:
>> include/linux/compiler_types.h:557:45: error: call to '__compiletime_assert_308' declared with attribute error: BUILD_BUG_ON failed: !__builtin_constant_p(type)
557 | _compiletime_assert(condition, msg, __compiletime_assert_, __COUNTER__)
| ^
include/linux/compiler_types.h:538:25: note: in definition of macro '__compiletime_assert'
538 | prefix ## suffix(); \
| ^~~~~~
include/linux/compiler_types.h:557:9: note: in expansion of macro '_compiletime_assert'
557 | _compiletime_assert(condition, msg, __compiletime_assert_, __COUNTER__)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/build_bug.h:39:37: note: in expansion of macro 'compiletime_assert'
39 | #define BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(cond, msg) compiletime_assert(!(cond), msg)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/build_bug.h:50:9: note: in expansion of macro 'BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG'
50 | BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(condition, "BUILD_BUG_ON failed: " #condition)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
arch/powerpc/kvm/timing.h:41:9: note: in expansion of macro 'BUILD_BUG_ON'
41 | BUILD_BUG_ON(!__builtin_constant_p(type));
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~
vim +/__compiletime_assert_308 +557 include/linux/compiler_types.h
eb5c2d4b45e3d2 Will Deacon 2020-07-21 543
eb5c2d4b45e3d2 Will Deacon 2020-07-21 544 #define _compiletime_assert(condition, msg, prefix, suffix) \
eb5c2d4b45e3d2 Will Deacon 2020-07-21 545 __compiletime_assert(condition, msg, prefix, suffix)
eb5c2d4b45e3d2 Will Deacon 2020-07-21 546
eb5c2d4b45e3d2 Will Deacon 2020-07-21 547 /**
eb5c2d4b45e3d2 Will Deacon 2020-07-21 548 * compiletime_assert - break build and emit msg if condition is false
eb5c2d4b45e3d2 Will Deacon 2020-07-21 549 * @condition: a compile-time constant condition to check
eb5c2d4b45e3d2 Will Deacon 2020-07-21 550 * @msg: a message to emit if condition is false
eb5c2d4b45e3d2 Will Deacon 2020-07-21 551 *
eb5c2d4b45e3d2 Will Deacon 2020-07-21 552 * In tradition of POSIX assert, this macro will break the build if the
eb5c2d4b45e3d2 Will Deacon 2020-07-21 553 * supplied condition is *false*, emitting the supplied error message if the
eb5c2d4b45e3d2 Will Deacon 2020-07-21 554 * compiler has support to do so.
eb5c2d4b45e3d2 Will Deacon 2020-07-21 555 */
eb5c2d4b45e3d2 Will Deacon 2020-07-21 556 #define compiletime_assert(condition, msg) \
eb5c2d4b45e3d2 Will Deacon 2020-07-21 @557 _compiletime_assert(condition, msg, __compiletime_assert_, __COUNTER__)
eb5c2d4b45e3d2 Will Deacon 2020-07-21 558
:::::: The code at line 557 was first introduced by commit
:::::: eb5c2d4b45e3d2d5d052ea6b8f1463976b1020d5 compiler.h: Move compiletime_assert() macros into compiler_types.h
:::::: TO: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
:::::: CC: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
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