Re: + uapi-linux-consth-prefer-iso-friendly-__typeof__.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

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On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 9:24 AM Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> The patch titled
>      Subject: uapi/linux/const.h: prefer ISO-friendly __typeof__
> has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
>      uapi-linux-consth-prefer-iso-friendly-__typeof__.patch
>
> This patch will shortly appear at
>      https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/uapi-linux-consth-prefer-iso-friendly-__typeof__.patch
>
> This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
>     git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
>
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> ------------------------------------------------------
> From: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: uapi/linux/const.h: prefer ISO-friendly __typeof__
> Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 10:27:47 +0100
>
> typeof is (still) a GNU extension, which means that it cannot be used when
> building ISO C (e.g.  -std=c99).  It should therefore be avoided in uapi
> headers in favour of the ISO-friendly __typeof__.
>
> Unfortunately this issue could not be detected by
> CONFIG_UAPI_HEADER_TEST=y as the __ALIGN_KERNEL() macro is not expanded in
> any uapi header.
>
> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230411092747.3759032-1-kevin.brodsky@xxxxxxx
> Fixes: d6fc9fcbaa65 ("kbuild: compile-test exported headers to ensure they are self-contained")


This tag is wrong.

The correct one is:

Fixes: a85cbe6159ff ("uapi: move constants from <linux/kernel.h> to
<linux/const.h>")



Reviewed-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>




> Signed-off-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@xxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Ruben Ayrapetyan <ruben.ayrapetyan@xxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Ruben Ayrapetyan <ruben.ayrapetyan@xxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@xxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
>  include/uapi/linux/const.h |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/const.h~uapi-linux-consth-prefer-iso-friendly-__typeof__
> +++ a/include/uapi/linux/const.h
> @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
>  #define _BITUL(x)      (_UL(1) << (x))
>  #define _BITULL(x)     (_ULL(1) << (x))
>
> -#define __ALIGN_KERNEL(x, a)           __ALIGN_KERNEL_MASK(x, (typeof(x))(a) - 1)
> +#define __ALIGN_KERNEL(x, a)           __ALIGN_KERNEL_MASK(x, (__typeof__(x))(a) - 1)
>  #define __ALIGN_KERNEL_MASK(x, mask)   (((x) + (mask)) & ~(mask))
>
>  #define __KERNEL_DIV_ROUND_UP(n, d) (((n) + (d) - 1) / (d))
> _
>
> Patches currently in -mm which might be from kevin.brodsky@xxxxxxx are
>
> uapi-linux-consth-prefer-iso-friendly-__typeof__.patch
>


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada




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