The patch titled sparse: define __must_be_array() for __CHECKER__ has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is sparse-define-__must_be_array-for-__checker__.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: sparse: define __must_be_array() for __CHECKER__ From: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit c5e631cf65f ("ARRAY_SIZE: check for type") added __must_be_array(). But sparse can't parse this gcc extention. Now make C=2 makes following sparse errors a lot. kernel/futex.c:2699:25: error: No right hand side of '+'-expression Because __must_be_array() is used for ARRAY_SIZE() macro and it is used very widely. This patch fixes it. Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/compiler-gcc.h | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff -puN include/linux/compiler-gcc.h~sparse-define-__must_be_array-for-__checker__ include/linux/compiler-gcc.h --- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h~sparse-define-__must_be_array-for-__checker__ +++ a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h @@ -34,8 +34,12 @@ __asm__ ("" : "=r"(__ptr) : "0"(ptr)); \ (typeof(ptr)) (__ptr + (off)); }) +#ifdef __CHECKER__ +#define __must_be_array(arr) 0 +#else /* &a[0] degrades to a pointer: a different type from an array */ #define __must_be_array(a) BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(__same_type((a), &(a)[0])) +#endif /* * Force always-inline if the user requests it so via the .config, _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch mm-per-node-vmstat-show-proper-vmstats.patch mm-per-node-vmstat-show-proper-vmstats-fix.patch mm-increase-reclaim_distance-to-30.patch mm-introduce-wait_on_page_locked_killable.patch x86mm-make-pagefault-killable.patch mm-mem-hotplug-fix-section-mismatch-setup_per_zone_inactive_ratio-should-be-__meminit.patch mm-mem-hotplug-recalculate-lowmem_reserve-when-memory-hotplug-occur.patch mm-mem-hotplug-update-pcp-stat_threshold-when-memory-hotplug-occur.patch mm-mem-hotplug-update-pcp-stat_threshold-when-memory-hotplug-occur-fix.patch mm-convert-vma-vm_flags-to-64-bit.patch mm-add-__nocast-attribute-to-vm_flags.patch fremap-convert-vm_flags-to-unsigned-long-long.patch procfs-convert-vm_flags-to-unsigned-long-long.patch oom-replace-pf_oom_origin-with-toggling-oom_score_adj.patch oom-replace-pf_oom_origin-with-toggling-oom_score_adj-update.patch mm-batch-activate_page-to-reduce-lock-contention.patch sparse-define-dummy-build_bug_on-definition-for-sparse.patch sparse-define-__must_be_array-for-__checker__.patch sparse-undef-__compiletime_warningerror-if-__checker__-is-defined.patch mm-move-enum-vm_event_item-into-a-standalone-header-file.patch memcg-count-the-soft_limit-reclaim-in-global-background-reclaim.patch memcg-add-stats-to-monitor-soft_limit-reclaim.patch add-the-pagefault-count-into-memcg-stats.patch add-the-pagefault-count-into-memcg-stats-fix.patch cpusets-randomize-node-rotor-used-in-cpuset_mem_spread_node.patch kexec-remove-kmsg_dump_kexec.patch kexec-remove-kmsg_dump_kexec-fix.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html