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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+//! Build-time error.
+//!
+//! This crate provides a function `build_error`, which will panic in
+//! compile-time if executed in const context, and will cause a build error
+//! if not executed at compile time and the optimizer does not optimise away the
+//! call.
+//!
+//! It is used by `build_assert!` in the kernel crate, allowing checking of
+//! conditions that could be checked statically, but could not be enforced in
+//! Rust yet (e.g. perform some checks in const functions, but those
+//! functions could still be called in the runtime).
+
+#![no_std]
+#![feature(const_panic, core_panic)]
+
+/// Panics if executed in const context, or triggers a build error if not.
+#[inline(never)]
+#[cold]
+#[no_mangle]
+#[track_caller]
+pub const fn build_error(msg: &'static str) -> ! {
+ // Could also be `panic!(msg)` to avoid using unstable feature `core_panic`,
+ // but it is not allowed in Rust 2021, while `panic!("{}", msg)` could not
+ // yet be used in const context.
+ core::panicking::panic(msg);
+}
+
+#[cfg(CONFIG_RUST_BUILD_ASSERT_WARN)]
+#[link_section = ".gnu.warning.build_error"]
+#[used]
+static BUILD_ERROR_WARNING: [u8; 45] = *b"call to build_error present after compilation";