Re: VM_BUG_ON_PGFLAGS with CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_PGFLAGS=n

[Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>]

On Wed 05-09-18 16:26:13, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 08:48:00AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > Hi Kirill,
> > while looking at something unrelated I have stumbled over %subj and I
> > simply do not understand how BUILD_BUG_ON_INVALID is supposed to work
> > for page flags checks which are dynamic by definition.
> > BUILD_BUG_ON_INVALID is noop without any side effects unless __CHECKER__
> > is enabled when it evaluates to ((void )(sizeof((__force long )(e)))).
> 
> You've read it backwards. BUILD_BUG_ON_INVALID() is not if __CHECKER__ is
> enabled.

Well, that is what I meant I just reworded the text and kept the
negation...

> > How is this supposed to work? Am I just confused or BUILD_BUG_ON_INVALID
> > is simply not a good fit here and all you wanted is the no side-effect
> > nature of it?
> 
> Without CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_PGFLAGS() is basically nop. BUILD_BUG_ON_INVALID()
> here is fance version of nop that check that what you've wrote inside
> parses fine. That's it.

OK, I see it. I somehow implied that this is similar to BUILD_BUG_ON. If
this is about pure expression correctness then it finally makes some
sense to me.

Thanks!
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs