Re: [PATCH] CodeSamples/formal: Add pointer cast in WRITE_ONCE() for Linux v5.8 compat

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On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 12:32:28PM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote:
> >From 456d16d1450416bbd4eeea175a4bc0c2f819062d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2020 12:11:37 +0900
> Subject: [PATCH] CodeSamples/formal: Add pointer cast in WRITE_ONCE() for Linux v5.8 compat
> 
> On Linux v5.8, "make" under klitmus/ after "make cross-klitmus" at
> CodeSamples/formal/herd/ doesn't complete with the following error:
> 
>     In file included from ./include/linux/export.h:43,
>                      from ./include/linux/linkage.h:7,
>                      from ./include/linux/kernel.h:8,
>                      from ./include/linux/list.h:9,
>                      from ./include/linux/module.h:12,
>                      from [...]/CodeSamples/fromal/herd/klitmus/litmus030.c:11:
>     [...]/CodeSamples/formal/herd/klitmus/litmus030.c: In function 'code0':
>     ./include/linux/compiler.h:297:30: error: assignment to 'int * volatile'
>     from incomatible pointer type 'int **' [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
>       297 |  *(volatile typeof(x) *)&(x) = (val);   \
>           |                              ^
> 
>     ./include/linux/compiler.h:303:2: note: in expansion of macro '__WRITE_ONCE'
>       303 |  __WRITE_ONCE(x, val);    \
>           |  ^~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
>     [...]/CodeSamples/formal/herd/klitmus/litmus030.c:363:2: note: in expansion
>     of macro 'WRITE_ONCE'
>       363 |  WRITE_ONCE(*x, x);
>           |  ^~~~~~~~~~
> 
>     cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
> 
> This is due to the simplification of WRITE_ONCE() [1].
> Now WRITE_ONCE() catches type mismatch of its arguments.
> 
> Adding a pointer cast to the WRITE_ONCE() argumant:
> 
>     WRITE_ONCE(*x, (int*)x);
> 
> makes the compiler happy.
> 
> [1]: https://git.kernel.org/linus/a5460b5e5fb8
>      ("READ_ONCE: Simplify implementations of {READ,WRITE}_ONCE()")
> 
> NOTE1: These litmus tests are converted from those under
>        CodeSamples/formal/litmus/.
> NOTE2: They were once presented as code snippets in perfbook.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx>

Good catch, queued and pushed, thank you!!!

							Thanx, Paul

> ---
>  CodeSamples/formal/litmus/C-WWC+o+o-data-o+o-addr-o.litmus | 2 +-
>  CodeSamples/formal/litmus/C-WWC+o+o-r+o-addr-o.litmus      | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/CodeSamples/formal/litmus/C-WWC+o+o-data-o+o-addr-o.litmus b/CodeSamples/formal/litmus/C-WWC+o+o-data-o+o-addr-o.litmus
> index cd9df060..3525e033 100644
> --- a/CodeSamples/formal/litmus/C-WWC+o+o-data-o+o-addr-o.litmus
> +++ b/CodeSamples/formal/litmus/C-WWC+o+o-data-o+o-addr-o.litmus
> @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ int *y = &b;
>  
>  P0(int **x)
>  {
> -	WRITE_ONCE(*x, x);
> +	WRITE_ONCE(*x, (int*)x);
>  }
>  
>  P1(int **x, int **y)
> diff --git a/CodeSamples/formal/litmus/C-WWC+o+o-r+o-addr-o.litmus b/CodeSamples/formal/litmus/C-WWC+o+o-r+o-addr-o.litmus
> index 6a65d674..0d16b2f7 100644
> --- a/CodeSamples/formal/litmus/C-WWC+o+o-r+o-addr-o.litmus
> +++ b/CodeSamples/formal/litmus/C-WWC+o+o-r+o-addr-o.litmus
> @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ int *y = &b;
>  
>  P0(int **x)
>  {
> -	WRITE_ONCE(*x, x);
> +	WRITE_ONCE(*x, (int*)x);
>  }
>  
>  P1(int **x, int **y)
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 



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