include/linux/typecheck.h

File Facts

System

Linux kernel

Corpus path

include/linux/typecheck.h

Extension

.h

Size

782 bytes

Lines

35

Domain

Core OS

Bucket

Core Kernel Interface

Inferred role

Core OS: implementation source

Status

source implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.

• Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.

Dependency Surface

• No C-style include directives detected by the generator.

Detected Declarations

• No top-level syscall, struct, function, initcall, or export declaration detected by the generator.

Annotated Snippet

#ifndef TYPECHECK_H_INCLUDED
#define TYPECHECK_H_INCLUDED

/*
 * Check at compile time that something is of a particular type.
 * Always evaluates to 1 so you may use it easily in comparisons.
 */
#define typecheck(type,x) \
({	type __dummy; \
	typeof(x) __dummy2; \
	(void)(&__dummy == &__dummy2); \
	1; \
})

/*
 * Check at compile time that 'function' is a certain type, or is a pointer
 * to that type (needs to use typedef for the function type.)
 */
#define typecheck_fn(type,function) \
({	typeof(type) __tmp = function; \
	(void)__tmp; \
})

/*
 * Check at compile time that something is a pointer type.
 */
#define typecheck_pointer(x) \
({	typeof(x) __dummy; \
	(void)sizeof(*__dummy); \
	1; \
})

#endif		/* TYPECHECK_H_INCLUDED */

Annotation

• Atlas domain: Core OS / Core Kernel Interface.
• Implementation status: source implementation candidate.

Implementation Notes

• This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
• Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
• Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.