[patch 13/86] linux/build_bug.h: change type to int

Andrew Morton
2019-12-05T00:50:23Z

From: Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@gmail.com>
Subject: linux/build_bug.h: change type to int

Having BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO produce a value of type size_t leads to awkward
casts in cases where the result needs to be signed, or of smaller type
than size_t. To avoid this, cast the value to int instead and rely on
implicit type conversions when a larger or unsigned type is needed.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190811184938.1796-3-rikard.falkeborn@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

include/linux/build_bug.h | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/include/linux/build_bug.h~linux-build_bugh-change-type-to-int
+++ a/include/linux/build_bug.h
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
#else /* __CHECKER__ */
/*
* 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
+ * result (of value 0 and type int), so the expression can be used
* e.g. in a structure initializer (or where-ever else comma expressions
* aren't permitted).
*/
-#define BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(e) (sizeof(struct { int:(-!!(e)); }))
+#define BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(e) ((int)(sizeof(struct { int:(-!!(e)); })))
#endif /* __CHECKER__ */

/* Force a compilation error if a constant expression is not a power of 2 */
_