+ lib-vsprintfc-expand-field_width-to-24-bits-fix.patch added to -mm tree

+ lib-vsprintfc-expand-field_width-to-24-bits-fix.patch added to -mm tree

[akpm]

The patch titled
     Subject: lib-vsprintfc-expand-field_width-to-24-bits-fix
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     lib-vsprintfc-expand-field_width-to-24-bits-fix.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/lib-vsprintfc-expand-field_width-to-24-bits-fix.patch
and later at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/lib-vsprintfc-expand-field_width-to-24-bits-fix.patch

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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: lib-vsprintfc-expand-field_width-to-24-bits-fix

avoid open-coded BUILD_BUG_ON

Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard@redhat.com>
Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 lib/vsprintf.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN lib/vsprintf.c~lib-vsprintfc-expand-field_width-to-24-bits-fix lib/vsprintf.c
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c~lib-vsprintfc-expand-field_width-to-24-bits-fix
+++ a/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -386,7 +386,6 @@ struct printf_spec {
 	unsigned int	base:8;		/* number base, 8, 10 or 16 only */
 	signed int	precision:16;	/* # of digits/chars */
 } __packed;
-extern char __check_printf_spec[1-2*(sizeof(struct printf_spec) != 8)];
 
 static noinline_for_stack
 char *number(char *buf, char *end, unsigned long long num,
@@ -400,6 +399,8 @@ char *number(char *buf, char *end, unsig
 	int i;
 	bool is_zero = num == 0LL;
 
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct printf_spec) != 8);
+
 	/* locase = 0 or 0x20. ORing digits or letters with 'locase'
 	 * produces same digits or (maybe lowercased) letters */
 	locase = (spec.flags & SMALL);
_

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mm-increase-swap_cluster_max-to-batch-tlb-flushes-fix-fix.patch
lib-vsprintfc-expand-field_width-to-24-bits-fix.patch
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