include/linux/property.h: fix build issues with gcc-4.4.4
authorAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 1 Jan 2016 01:07:09 +0000 (02:07 +0100)
committerRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Fri, 1 Jan 2016 01:07:09 +0000 (02:07 +0100)
gcc-4.4.4 has problems with initialization of anonymous unions:

drivers/mfd/intel-lpss-acpi.c:30: error: unknown field 'value' specified in initializer

work around this by crafting the initializers in a manner which the
compiler can handle.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
include/linux/property.h

index 3a8c7d7773e6b10c30471a06c5d53b03ada3b1fc..b8c4e420fe87c2b06d1a18b1ef62466c10824367 100644 (file)
@@ -175,12 +175,19 @@ struct property_entry {
        };
 };
 
+/*
+ * Note: the below four initializers for the anonymous union are carefully
+ * crafted to avoid gcc-4.4.4's problems with initialization of anon unions
+ * and structs.
+ */
+
 #define PROPERTY_ENTRY_INTEGER_ARRAY(_name_, _type_, _val_)    \
 {                                                              \
        .name = _name_,                                         \
        .length = ARRAY_SIZE(_val_) * sizeof(_type_),           \
        .is_array = true,                                       \
-       .pointer._type_##_data = _val_,                         \
+       .is_string = false,                                     \
+       { .pointer = { _type_##_data = _val_ } },               \
 }
 
 #define PROPERTY_ENTRY_U8_ARRAY(_name_, _val_)                 \
@@ -198,14 +205,15 @@ struct property_entry {
        .length = ARRAY_SIZE(_val_) * sizeof(const char *),     \
        .is_array = true,                                       \
        .is_string = true,                                      \
-       .pointer.str = _val_,                                   \
+       { .pointer = { .str = _val_ } },                        \
 }
 
 #define PROPERTY_ENTRY_INTEGER(_name_, _type_, _val_)  \
 {                                                      \
        .name = _name_,                                 \
        .length = sizeof(_type_),                       \
-       .value._type_##_data = _val_,                   \
+       .is_string = false,                             \
+       { .value = { ._type_##_data = _val_ } },        \
 }
 
 #define PROPERTY_ENTRY_U8(_name_, _val_)               \
@@ -222,7 +230,7 @@ struct property_entry {
        .name = _name_,                                 \
        .length = sizeof(_val_),                        \
        .is_string = true,                              \
-       .value.str = _val_,                             \
+       { .value = {.str = _val_} },                    \
 }
 
 #define PROPERTY_ENTRY_BOOL(_name_)            \