kconfig.h: Add IF_ENABLED() macro
IF_ENABLED(CONFIG_FOO, ptr) evaluates to (ptr) if CONFIG_FOO is set to 'y' or 'm', NULL otherwise. The (ptr) argument must be a pointer. The IF_ENABLED() macro can be very useful to help GCC drop dead code. For instance, consider the following: #ifdef CONFIG_FOO_SUSPEND static int foo_suspend(struct device *dev) { ... } #endif static struct pm_ops foo_ops = { #ifdef CONFIG_FOO_SUSPEND .suspend = foo_suspend, #endif }; While this works, the foo_suspend() macro is compiled conditionally, only when CONFIG_FOO_SUSPEND is set. This is problematic, as there could be a build bug in this function, we wouldn't have a way to know unless the config option is set. An alternative is to declare foo_suspend() always, but mark it as maybe unused: static int __maybe_unused foo_suspend(struct device *dev) { ... } static struct pm_ops foo_ops = { #ifdef CONFIG_FOO_SUSPEND .suspend = foo_suspend, #endif }; Again, this works, but the __maybe_unused attribute is required to instruct the compiler that the function may not be referenced anywhere, and is safe to remove without making a fuss about it. This makes the programmer responsible for tagging the functions that can be garbage-collected. With this patch, it is now possible to write the following: static int foo_suspend(struct device *dev) { ... } static struct pm_ops foo_ops = { .suspend = IF_ENABLED(CONFIG_FOO_SUSPEND, foo_suspend), }; The foo_suspend() function will now be automatically dropped by the compiler, and it does not require any specific attribute. Signed-off-by:Paul Cercueil <paul@crapouillou.net> Acked-by:
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201213235447.138271-1-paul@crapouillou.netSigned-off-by:
Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
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