[PATCH] mutex subsystem, add typecheck_fn(type, function)
add typecheck_fn(type, function) to do type-checking of function
pointers.
Modified-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
(made it typeof() based, instead of typedef based.)
Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index ca7ff8f..d0e6ca3 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -286,6 +286,15 @@
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 /* __KERNEL__ */
#define SI_LOAD_SHIFT 16