Hi, On 08/05/14 07:31, Johannes Berg wrote: > From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> > > Usually, BUG_ON and friends aren't even evaluated in sparse, but > recently compiletime_assert_atomic_type() was added, and that now > results in a sparse warning every time it is used. > > The reason turns out to be the temporary variable, after it sparse > no longer considers the value to be a constant, and results in a > warning and an error. The error is the more annoying part of this > as it suppresses any further warnings in the same file, hiding > other problems. > > Since this is all about compile time and the condition should be > side-effect free to start with, there's no downside (apart maybe > from a slight compilation time penalty?) to just duplicating it, > leaving sparse able to evaluate it at check time, getting rid of > the warning and error. > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > include/linux/compiler.h | 5 ++--- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h > index 2472740d7ab2..38c0e00ddef8 100644 > --- a/include/linux/compiler.h > +++ b/include/linux/compiler.h > @@ -324,11 +324,10 @@ void ftrace_likely_update(struct ftrace_branch_data *f, int val, int expect); > > #define __compiletime_assert(condition, msg, prefix, suffix) \ > do { \ > - bool __cond = !(condition); \ > extern void prefix ## suffix(void) __compiletime_error(msg); \ > - if (__cond) \ > + if (!(condition)) \ > prefix ## suffix(); \ > - __compiletime_error_fallback(__cond); \ > + __compiletime_error_fallback(!(condition)); \ > } while (0) > > #define _compiletime_assert(condition, msg, prefix, suffix) \ > Unfortunately this breaks the build of today's linux-next for the Meta architecture (arch/metag), which happens to use a fairly old compiler (based on gcc 4.2.4) which I presume is the reason why. A bunch of compile time asserts fail, even in code which should be optimised out. E.g. here's one which I analysed: mm/gup.c: In function ‘follow_page_mask’: mm/gup.c:208: error: size of array ‘type name’ is negative Line 208 uses HPAGE_PMD_NR which expands to a HPAGE_PMD_SHIFT, which expands to a BUILD_BUG(). However that line is inside an if block conditioned on pmd_trans_huge(*pmd) which include/asm-generic/pgtable.h defines inline to return 0, so the whole block should already be being optimised out. I don't understand why your patch should break things, I suspect it's related to the sparse behaviour you're trying to work around, but can we please drop this patch until a more portable workaround can be found? I'm happy to test further patches with metag if it helps. Full "make ARCH=metag -k -s" output below. Cheers James mm/gup.c: In function ‘follow_page_mask’: mm/gup.c:208: error: size of array ‘type name’ is negative In file included from arch/metag/include/asm/fixmap.h:55, from arch/metag/mm/init.c:26: include/asm-generic/fixmap.h: In function ‘fix_to_virt’: include/asm-generic/fixmap.h:31: error: size of array ‘type name’ is negative scripts/Makefile.build:318: recipe for target 'arch/metag/mm/init.o' failed make[1]: *** [arch/metag/mm/init.o] Error 1 make[1]: Target '__build' not remade because of errors. Makefile:878: recipe for target 'arch/metag/mm' failed make: *** [arch/metag/mm] Error 2 mm/memory.c: In function ‘copy_pmd_range’: mm/memory.c:965: error: size of array ‘type name’ is negative mm/memory.c: In function ‘zap_pmd_range’: mm/memory.c:1232: error: size of array ‘type name’ is negative scripts/Makefile.build:318: recipe for target 'mm/memory.o' failed make[1]: *** [mm/memory.o] Error 1 mm/mremap.c: In function ‘move_page_tables’: mm/mremap.c:197: error: size of array ‘type name’ is negative mm/mprotect.c: In function ‘change_pmd_range’: mm/mprotect.c:164: error: size of array ‘type name’ is negative mm/mprotect.c:171: error: size of array ‘type name’ is negative mm/mprotect.c:172: error: size of array ‘type name’ is negative scripts/Makefile.build:318: recipe for target 'mm/mremap.o' failed make[1]: *** [mm/mremap.o] Error 1 scripts/Makefile.build:318: recipe for target 'mm/mprotect.o' failed make[1]: *** [mm/mprotect.o] Error 1 fs/proc/task_mmu.c: In function ‘smaps_pmd’: fs/proc/task_mmu.c:502: error: size of array ‘type name’ is negative fs/proc/task_mmu.c:504: error: size of array ‘type name’ is negative scripts/Makefile.build:318: recipe for target 'mm/gup.o' failed make[1]: *** [mm/gup.o] Error 1 scripts/Makefile.build:318: recipe for target 'fs/proc/task_mmu.o' failed make[2]: *** [fs/proc/task_mmu.o] Error 1 make[2]: Target '__build' not remade because of errors. scripts/Makefile.build:465: recipe for target 'fs/proc' failed make[1]: *** [fs/proc] Error 2 make[1]: Target '__build' not remade because of errors. Makefile:878: recipe for target 'fs' failed make: *** [fs] Error 2 mm/pgtable-generic.c: In function ‘pmdp_clear_flush_young’: mm/pgtable-generic.c:104: error: size of array ‘type name’ is negative scripts/Makefile.build:318: recipe for target 'mm/pgtable-generic.o' failed make[1]: *** [mm/pgtable-generic.o] Error 1 make[1]: Target '__build' not remade because of errors. Makefile:878: recipe for target 'mm' failed make: *** [mm] Error 2 In file included from arch/metag/include/asm/fixmap.h:55, from arch/metag/include/asm/highmem.h:7, from arch/metag/kernel/setup.c:37: include/asm-generic/fixmap.h: In function ‘fix_to_virt’: include/asm-generic/fixmap.h:31: error: size of array ‘type name’ is negative scripts/Makefile.build:318: recipe for target 'arch/metag/kernel/setup.o' failed make[1]: *** [arch/metag/kernel/setup.o] Error 1 make[1]: Target '__build' not remade because of errors. Makefile:878: recipe for target 'arch/metag/kernel' failed make: *** [arch/metag/kernel] Error 2 make: Target '_all' not remade because of errors. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-next" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html