Christoph Lameter writes:
> On Wed, 9 Nov 2005, Nikita Danilov wrote:
>
> > > +#ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
> > > +extern int buffer_migrate_page(struct page *, struct page *);
> > > +#else
> > > +#define buffer_migrate_page(a,b) NULL
> > > +#endif
> >
> > Depending on the CONFIG_MIGRATION, the type of buffer_migrate_page(a,b)
> > expansion is either int or void *, which doesn't look right.
>
> But its right. You need to think about buffer_migrate_page as a pointer to
> a function.
buffer_migrate_page is a pointer to function.
buffer_migrate_page(a, b) is a value of type int (or void *).
>
> > Moreover below you have initializations
> >
> > .migrate_page = buffer_migrate_page,
> >
> > that wouldn't compile when CONFIG_MIGRATION is not defined (as macro
> > requires two arguments).
>
> NULL is a void * pointer which should work.
$ cat > macro.c
#define buffer_migrate_page(a,b) NULL
int (*migrate_page) (void *, void *) = buffer_migrate_page;
^D
$ cc macro.c
macro.c:3: error: `buffer_migrate_page' undeclared here (not in a function)
When CONFIG_MIGRATION is not defined, buffer_migrate_page is a macro,
taking _two_ arguments. Name of such macro cannot be used without
argument list.
Nikita.
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