George correctly pointed out that there's no need for this test: it

effectively exists elsewhere in the code already.

This commit was SVN r30277.

ompi/debuggers/Makefile.am

@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@
 # $HEADER$
 #
 
-noinst_LTLIBRARIES = \
-        libdebuggers.la \
-        libompi_debugger_canary.la \
-        libompi_predefined_pad_canary.la
+noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libdebuggers.la libompi_debugger_canary.la
 ompilib_LTLIBRARIES = libompi_dbg_msgq.la
 
 check_PROGRAMS = predefined_gap_test predefined_pad_test
@@ -85,9 +82,6 @@ predefined_pad_test_LDFLAGS = $(WRAPPER_EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
 predefined_pad_test_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/ompi/libmpi.la
 predefined_pad_test_DEPENDENCIES = $(ompi_predefined_LDADD)
 
-libompi_predefined_pad_canary_la_SOURCES = \
-        ompi_predefined_pad_canary.c
-
 # Conditionally install the header files
 
 if WANT_INSTALL_HEADERS

ompi/debuggers/ompi_predefined_pad_canary.c

@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2014 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved
- * $COPYRIGHT$
- * 
- * Additional copyrights may follow
- * 
- * $HEADER$
- */
-
-#include "ompi_config.h"
-
-/*
- * This is a simple canary compile-time test.  If we have no padding
- * left on predefined MPI object types, it'll fail to compile, thereby
- * alerting/annoying a human, who can go fix the real problem.
- */
-
-#include "ompi/communicator/communicator.h"
-#include "ompi/group/group.h"
-#include "ompi/request/request.h"
-#include "ompi/op/op.h"
-#include "ompi/datatype/ompi_datatype.h"
-#include "ompi/win/win.h"
-#include "ompi/info/info.h"
-#include "ompi/file/file.h"
-#include "ompi/message/message.h"
-
-#define S(TYPE) (sizeof(ompi_predefined_##TYPE##_t) - sizeof(ompi_##TYPE##_t))
-
-/**************************************************************************
- * IF THIS FILE FAILS TO COMPILE, IT IS A SYMPTOM OF A LARGER PROBLEM!
- **************************************************************************
- *
- * Do not attempt to fix the compile failure in this file; go fix the
- * fact that there's no more padding left for predefined MPI objects.
- *
- **************************************************************************/
-
-char comm_pad[S(communicator)];
-char group_pad[S(group)];
-char request_pad[S(request)];
-char op_pad[S(op)];
-char datatype_pad[S(datatype)];
-char win_pad[S(win)];
-char info_pad[S(info)];
-char file_pad[S(file)];
-char message_pad[S(message)];