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LinuxKPI: Use negative bit field size to trigger BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO
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Authored by wulf on Dec 27 2021, 11:02 PM.
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Summary

compile time assertion on non-NULL pointers. Tests conducted show that
_Static_assert, negative array size method and current code does not
handle pointers well enough. Bit field method solves this problem.

This change is derrived from Linux implementation of BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO.

MFC after: 1 week

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