+ kernelh-add-build_bug_on_not_power_of_2.patch added to -mm tree

[akpm@linux-foundation.org]

The patch titled
     kernel.h: add BUILD_BUG_ON_NOT_POWER_OF_2()
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     kernelh-add-build_bug_on_not_power_of_2.patch

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Subject: kernel.h: add BUILD_BUG_ON_NOT_POWER_OF_2()
From: Roland Dreier <rdreier@cisco.com>

Add BUILD_BUG_ON_NOT_POWER_OF_2()

When code relies on a constant being a power of 2:

	#define FOO	512	/* must be a power of 2 */

it would be nice to be able to do:

	BUILD_BUG_ON(!is_power_of_2(FOO));

However applying an inline function does not result in a compile-time
constant that can be used with BUILD_BUG_ON(), so trying that gives
results in:

	error: bit-field '<anonymous>' width not an integer constant

As suggested by akpm, rather than monkeying around with is_power_of_2()
and risking gcc warts about constant expressions, just create a macro
BUILD_BUG_ON_NOT_POWER_OF_2() to encapsulate this common requirement.

Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
Cc: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Cc: David Dillow <dave@thedillows.org>
Cc: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 include/linux/kernel.h |    4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff -puN include/linux/kernel.h~kernelh-add-build_bug_on_not_power_of_2 include/linux/kernel.h
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h~kernelh-add-build_bug_on_not_power_of_2
+++ a/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -734,6 +734,10 @@ struct sysinfo {
 /* Force a compilation error if condition is constant and true */
 #define MAYBE_BUILD_BUG_ON(cond) ((void)sizeof(char[1 - 2 * !!(cond)]))
 
+/* 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))
+
 /* Force a compilation error if condition is true, but also produce a
    result (of value 0 and type size_t), so the expression can be used
    e.g. in a structure initializer (or where-ever else comma expressions
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from rdreier@cisco.com are

kfifo-use-void-pointers-for-user-buffers.patch
kfifo-sanitize-_user-error-handling.patch
kfifo-add-kfifo_out_peek.patch
kfifo-add-kfifo_initialized.patch
kfifo-document-everywhere-that-size-has-to-be-power-of-two.patch
kernelh-add-build_bug_on_not_power_of_2.patch
ecryptfs-another-lockdep-issue.patch