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

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Hi Andrew,



On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 2:34 PM Petr Vorel <pvorel@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > 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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>
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>
> > > The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything
> > > branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
> > > and is updated there every 2-3 working days
>
> > > ------------------------------------------------------
> > > 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>")
>
> I'm sorry if I misinterpreted the history. The reason why I think it was
> d6fc9fcbaa65 (which introduced -std=c90) is because there was already some
> typeof() uses before this commit (uapi/linux/kernel.h and
> uapi/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h).



Sorry, I wrongly read the code.


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

was also wrong.


Before a85cbe6159ff, 'typeof' existed in include/uapi/linux/kernel.h.
So, it was exported to userspace.


Kevin suspects 607ca46e97a1 ("UAPI: (Scripted) Disintegrate
include/linux"), but I think the issue goes back more.




I think the following is the first commit that exported it.

Fixes: a79ff731a1b2 ("netfilter: xtables: make XT_ALIGN() usable in
exported headers by exporting __ALIGN_KERNEL()")







-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada




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