Re: [PATCH rdma-core 1/8] verbs: Annoate ibv_wc helpers with endian

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On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 10:53:51AM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 09:50:57AM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
>
> > > +static inline uint32_t ibv_wc_read_invalidated_rkey(struct ibv_cq_ex *cq)
> > > +{
> > > +#ifdef __CHECKER__
> > > +	return (__attribute__((force)) uint32_t)cq->read_imm_data(cq);
> > > +#else
> > > +	return cq->read_imm_data(cq);
> > > +#endif
> > > +}
> >
> > I don't think that those __CHECKER__ ifdefs should be part of the code.
> > They are part of infrastructure to support development of library, but
> > are not required for the user of that library.
>
> I don't see a way to get rid of it here and keep the ABI the same.
>
> __CHECKER__ is safe to use because we already rely on it being defined
> sensibly when we include linux/types.h and use __be32 in the public
> header.
>
> If we try and drop it post-install or something then we are really
> just blocking downstream projects from also using sparse, I don't see
> the point in doing that...

I'm curious, how many of them know and care about sparse :)

>
> Jason
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