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Re: [PATCH 3/3] ath9k: fix 'side effect in macro' smatch warning

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On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 11:42:53AM -0700, Ben Greear wrote:
> On 06/21/2012 11:31 AM, Rajkumar Manoharan wrote:
> >ath9k_get_et_stats() warn: side effect in macro
> >'AWDATA' doing 'i++'
> >
> >Cc: Ben Greear<greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Signed-off-by: Rajkumar Manoharan<rmanohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >---
> >  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c | 9 +++++----
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> >diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
> >index 85f9ab4..32474b0 100644
> >--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
> >+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
> >@@ -2003,10 +2003,11 @@ static int ath9k_get_et_sset_count(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
> >  #define PR_QNUM(_n) (sc->tx.txq_map[_n]->axq_qnum)
> >  #define AWDATA(elem)							\
> >  	do {								\
> >-		data[i++] = sc->debug.stats.txstats[PR_QNUM(WME_AC_BE)].elem; \
> >-		data[i++] = sc->debug.stats.txstats[PR_QNUM(WME_AC_BK)].elem; \
> >-		data[i++] = sc->debug.stats.txstats[PR_QNUM(WME_AC_VI)].elem; \
> >-		data[i++] = sc->debug.stats.txstats[PR_QNUM(WME_AC_VO)].elem; \
> >+		data[i+0] = sc->debug.stats.txstats[PR_QNUM(WME_AC_BE)].elem; \
> >+		data[i+1] = sc->debug.stats.txstats[PR_QNUM(WME_AC_BK)].elem; \
> >+		data[i+2] = sc->debug.stats.txstats[PR_QNUM(WME_AC_VI)].elem; \
> >+		data[i+3] = sc->debug.stats.txstats[PR_QNUM(WME_AC_VO)].elem; \
> >+		i += 4; \
> >  	} while (0)
> 
> The macro is still changing i.  So, whatever smatch is, seems it
> should still warn, or it's broken :P
>
No it is not. The warning message is a hint. The smatch assumes that replacing
the macro 'i++' might cause unexpected behaviour like 5++ in each statement.

-Rajkumar
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