On Thu, Feb 8, 2024, at 23:56, Valentin Obst wrote:
>> -#else
>> extern __must_check unsigned long
>> _copy_from_user(void *, const void __user *, unsigned long);
>> -#endif
>
> This function is now unconditionally declared, but only defined if
> `!defined(INLINE_COPY_FROM_USER) || defined(CONFIG_RUST)`, i.e., in the
> common case where it is inlined and Rust is disabled this can lead to
> link-time problems if someone decides to use it.
Yes, that is intentional.
If someone tries to use it when the declaration is not there,
they just get a compile-time error, which is not all that
different from a link-time error in practice.
It's unlikely to make a difference here, but enclosing
declarations in an #ifdef is annoying when you want to
reference it from somewhere that is parsed by the compiler
but not called without the respective options.
The if(IS_ENABLED()) and PTR_IF() constructs in particular
only work when the unused functions are still declared.
Arnd
