[Bug libc/17679] Can't use htole*, htobe*, __bswap* functions in static/global context

["ddstreet at ieee dot org" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17679

--- Comment #2 from Dan Streetman <ddstreet at ieee dot org> ---
FYI, I found this bug because the current linux kernel fails to build on BE
platforms because of the use of htole16() and htole32() in the setup of a
static variable in Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpssd.c; the failure is:

In file included from /usr/include/bits/byteswap.h:34:0,
                 from /usr/include/endian.h:60,
                 from /usr/include/bits/waitstatus.h:64,
                 from /usr/include/stdlib.h:42,
                 from /root/linux/Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpssd.c:23:
/root/linux/Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpssd.c:93:10: error: braced-group within
expression allowed only inside a function
   .num = htole16(MIC_VRING_ENTRIES),
          ^
/root/linux/Documentation/mic/mpssd/mpssd.c:119:3: error: initializer element
is not constant
   .host_features = htole32(
   ^

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