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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/compiler.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/compiler.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h index 2594553bb30b..2df665fa2964 100644 --- a/include/linux/compiler.h +++ b/include/linux/compiler.h @@ -297,6 +297,15 @@ static inline void *offset_to_ptr(const int *off) #define is_unsigned_type(type) (!is_signed_type(type)) /* + * Useful shorthand for "is this condition known at compile-time?" + * + * Note that the condition may involve non-constant values, + * but the compiler may know enough about the details of the + * values to determine that the condition is statically true. + */ +#define statically_true(x) (__builtin_constant_p(x) && (x)) + +/* * This is needed in functions which generate the stack canary, see * arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c::start_secondary() for an example. */ |