RFR: 8330520: linux ppc64le clang build fails in os_linux.cpp with static_assert with no message is a C++17 extension

[Matthias Baesken]

On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 14:35:56 GMT, Matthias Baesken <mbaesken at openjdk.org> wrote:

> We run into the following build error when compiling on Linux ppc64le with the clang toolchain
> 
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> jdk/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp:2975:65: error: 'static_assert' with no message is a C++17 extension [-Werror,-Wc++17-extensions]
> static_assert(MADV_POPULATE_WRITE == MADV_POPULATE_WRITE_value);
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> 
> Currently it is not clear when "8314488: Compile the JDK as C++17" will be in the codebase so better fix the static_assert .

Currently both STATIC_ASSERT and static_assert are used in the codebase. But probably you are right here at these specific code locations, because duplicating the string is just adding redundance.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18816#issuecomment-2061584143