Re: [PATCH] proc: Make the proc_create[_data]() stubs static inlines

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On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 02:11:12PM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Change the proc_create[_data]() stubs which are used when CONFIG_PROC_FS
> is not set from #defines to a static inline stubs.
> 
> Thix should fix clang -Werror builds failing due to errors like this:
> 
> drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c:918:30: error: unused variable
>  'dispatch_proc_ops' [-Werror,-Wunused-const-variable]
> 
> Fixing this in include/linux/proc_fs.h should ensure that the same issue
> is also fixed in any other drivers hitting the same -Werror issue.
> 
> Cc: platform-driver-x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Hmkay, seems ok if this is required to please clang with -Werror.
Also using statement expressions to implement these nop helpers for
!CONFIG_PROC_FS seems a bit strange to me in the first place. Especially
since they seem to be sprinkled in alongside other static inline nops.

Acked-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>

> Note the commit message says "should fix" because I could not actually
> be bothered to verify this. The whole notion of combining:
> 1. clang
> 2. -Werror
> 3. -Wunused-const-variable
> Is frankly a bit crazy, causing way too much noise and has already
> cost me too much time IMHO.
> ---
>  include/linux/proc_fs.h | 10 ++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/proc_fs.h b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
> index 069c7fd95396..3d19453fb6b3 100644
> --- a/include/linux/proc_fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/proc_fs.h
> @@ -178,8 +178,14 @@ static inline struct proc_dir_entry *proc_mkdir_mode(const char *name,
>  #define proc_create_seq(name, mode, parent, ops) ({NULL;})
>  #define proc_create_single(name, mode, parent, show) ({NULL;})
>  #define proc_create_single_data(name, mode, parent, show, data) ({NULL;})
> -#define proc_create(name, mode, parent, proc_ops) ({NULL;})
> -#define proc_create_data(name, mode, parent, proc_ops, data) ({NULL;})
> +
> +static inline struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create(
> +	const char *, umode_t, struct proc_dir_entry *, const struct proc_ops *)
> +{ return NULL; }
> +
> +static inline struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_data(
> +	const char *, umode_t, struct proc_dir_entry *, const struct proc_ops *, void *)
> +{ return NULL; }
>  
>  static inline void proc_set_size(struct proc_dir_entry *de, loff_t size) {}
>  static inline void proc_set_user(struct proc_dir_entry *de, kuid_t uid, kgid_t gid) {}
> -- 
> 2.31.1
> 



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