typecheck: import include/linux/typecheck.h from Linux 4.9
authorMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Tue, 27 Dec 2016 15:36:01 +0000 (00:36 +0900)
committerTom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
Sat, 14 Jan 2017 21:46:29 +0000 (16:46 -0500)
Copied from Linux 4.9.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
include/linux/typecheck.h [new file with mode: 0644]

diff --git a/include/linux/typecheck.h b/include/linux/typecheck.h
new file mode 100644 (file)
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+#ifndef TYPECHECK_H_INCLUDED
+#define TYPECHECK_H_INCLUDED
+
+/*
+ * Check at compile time that something is of a particular type.
+ * Always evaluates to 1 so you may use it easily in comparisons.
+ */
+#define typecheck(type,x) \
+({     type __dummy; \
+       typeof(x) __dummy2; \
+       (void)(&__dummy == &__dummy2); \
+       1; \
+})
+
+/*
+ * Check at compile time that 'function' is a certain type, or is a pointer
+ * to that type (needs to use typedef for the function type.)
+ */
+#define typecheck_fn(type,function) \
+({     typeof(type) __tmp = function; \
+       (void)__tmp; \
+})
+
+#endif         /* TYPECHECK_H_INCLUDED */