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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+//! Build-time error.
+//!
+//! This crate provides a [const function][const-functions] `build_error`, which will panic in
+//! compile-time if executed in [const context][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][const-functions], but those
+//! functions could still be called in the runtime).
+//!
+//! For details on constant evaluation in Rust, please see the [Reference][const-eval].
+//!
+//! [const-eval]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/const_eval.html
+//! [const-functions]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/const_eval.html#const-functions
+//! [const-context]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/const_eval.html#const-context
+
+#![no_std]
+
+/// Panics if executed in [const context][const-context], or triggers a build error if not.
+///
+/// [const-context]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/const_eval.html#const-context
+#[inline(never)]
+#[cold]
+#[export_name = "rust_build_error"]
+#[track_caller]
+pub const fn build_error(msg: &'static str) -> ! {
+    panic!("{}", msg);
+}