base: Check for static_assert support and provide fallback
[gem5.git] / src / base / compiler.hh
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28 * Authors: Ali Saidi
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30
31 #ifndef __BASE_COMPILER_HH__
32 #define __BASE_COMPILER_HH__
33
34 #include "config/have_static_assert.hh"
35
36 //http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms937669.aspx
37 //http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa448724.aspx
38 //http://docs.sun.com/source/819-3688/sun.specific.html#marker-998278
39 //http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.3.1/gcc/Function-Attributes.html#Function%20Attributes
40
41 #if defined(__GNUC__)
42 #define M5_ATTR_NORETURN __attribute__((noreturn))
43 #define M5_PRAGMA_NORETURN(x)
44 #define M5_DUMMY_RETURN
45 #define M5_VAR_USED __attribute__((unused))
46 #define M5_ATTR_PACKED __attribute__ ((__packed__))
47 #define M5_NO_INLINE __attribute__ ((__noinline__))
48 #elif defined(__SUNPRO_CC)
49 // this doesn't do anything with sun cc, but why not
50 #define M5_ATTR_NORETURN __sun_attr__((__noreturn__))
51 #define M5_DUMMY_RETURN return (0);
52 #define DO_PRAGMA(x) _Pragma(#x)
53 #define M5_VAR_USED
54 #define M5_PRAGMA_NORETURN(x) DO_PRAGMA(does_not_return(x))
55 #define M5_ATTR_PACKED __attribute__ ((__packed__))
56 #define M5_NO_INLINE __attribute__ ((__noinline__))
57 #else
58 #error "Need to define compiler options in base/compiler.hh"
59 #endif
60
61 /*
62 * Define a compatibility macro that emulates the behavior of
63 * static_assert using template magic if the compiler doesn't have
64 * native support.
65 */
66 #if !HAVE_STATIC_ASSERT
67
68 template<bool>
69 struct static_assert_failure;
70
71 template<>
72 struct static_assert_failure<false> {};
73
74 /* The following macro causes the compiler to evaluate the size of the
75 * static_assert_failure struct. The templates are designed so that
76 * only static_assert_failure<false> evaluates to a proper size, while
77 * static_assert_failure<true> generates a compile time error.
78 */
79 #define static_assert(expr, msg) \
80 namespace ns_static_assert { \
81 enum { \
82 static_assert_ ## __LINE__ = \
83 sizeof(static_assert_failure<!(expr)>) \
84 }; \
85 }
86
87 #endif
88
89 #endif // __BASE_COMPILER_HH__