From: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> Several attributes depend on __CHECKER__, but previously there was no clue in the tree about when __CHECKER__ might be defined. Add hints at the most common places (__kernel, __user, __iomem, __bitwise) and in the sparse documentation. Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/dev-tools/sparse.rst | 2 ++ include/linux/compiler_types.h | 1 + include/uapi/linux/types.h | 1 + 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/sparse.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/sparse.rst index 02102be7ff49..dc791c8d84d1 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/sparse.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/sparse.rst @@ -100,3 +100,5 @@ have already built it. The optional make variable CF can be used to pass arguments to sparse. The build system passes -Wbitwise to sparse automatically. + +Note that sparse defines the __CHECKER__ preprocessor symbol. diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_types.h b/include/linux/compiler_types.h index 3c1795fdb568..4b3915ce38a4 100644 --- a/include/linux/compiler_types.h +++ b/include/linux/compiler_types.h @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__ +/* sparse defines __CHECKER__; see Documentation/dev-tools/sparse.rst */ #ifdef __CHECKER__ /* address spaces */ # define __kernel __attribute__((address_space(0))) diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/types.h b/include/uapi/linux/types.h index 71696f424ac8..c4dc597f3dcf 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/types.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/types.h @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ * any application/library that wants linux/types.h. */ +/* sparse defines __CHECKER__; see Documentation/dev-tools/sparse.rst */ #ifdef __CHECKER__ #define __bitwise __attribute__((bitwise)) #else -- 2.25.1
