Clang warns: ../kernel/trace/trace.c:9335:33: warning: array comparison always evaluates to true [-Wtautological-compare] if (__stop___trace_bprintk_fmt != __start___trace_bprintk_fmt) ^ 1 warning generated. These are not true arrays, they are linker defined symbols, which are just addresses so there is not a real issue here. Use the COMPARE_SECTIONS macro to silence this warning by casting the linker defined symbols to unsigned long, which keeps the logic the same. Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/765 Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/trace.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index c797a15a1fc7..e1f3b16e457b 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -9332,7 +9332,7 @@ __init static int tracer_alloc_buffers(void) goto out_free_buffer_mask; /* Only allocate trace_printk buffers if a trace_printk exists */ - if (__stop___trace_bprintk_fmt != __start___trace_bprintk_fmt) + if (COMPARE_SECTIONS(__stop___trace_bprintk_fmt, !=, __start___trace_bprintk_fmt)) /* Must be called before global_trace.buffer is allocated */ trace_printk_init_buffers(); -- 2.25.1