Re: [PATCH 07/14] proc/kcore: hide a harmless warning
From: Ard Biesheuvel <hidden>
Date: 2017-07-14 12:28:13
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On 14 July 2017 at 10:25, Arnd Bergmann [off-list ref] wrote:
gcc warns when MODULES_VADDR/END is defined to the same value as
VMALLOC_START/VMALLOC_END, e.g. on x86-32:
fs/proc/kcore.c: In function ‘add_modules_range’:
fs/proc/kcore.c:622:161: error: self-comparison always evaluates to false [-Werror=tautological-compare]
if (/*MODULES_VADDR != VMALLOC_START && */MODULES_END != VMALLOC_END) {Does it occur for subtraction as well? Or only for comparison?
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
The code is correct as it is required for most other configurations. The best workaround I found for shutting up that warning is to make it a little more complex by adding a temporary variable. The compiler will still optimize away the code as it finds the two to be identical, but it no longer warns because it doesn't condider the comparison "tautological" any more. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> --- fs/proc/kcore.c | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)diff --git a/fs/proc/kcore.c b/fs/proc/kcore.c index 45629f4b5402..c503ad657c46 100644 --- a/fs/proc/kcore.c +++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c@@ -620,12 +620,14 @@ static void __init proc_kcore_text_init(void) /* * MODULES_VADDR has no intersection with VMALLOC_ADDR. */ -struct kcore_list kcore_modules; +static struct kcore_list kcore_modules; static void __init add_modules_range(void) { - if (MODULES_VADDR != VMALLOC_START && MODULES_END != VMALLOC_END) { - kclist_add(&kcore_modules, (void *)MODULES_VADDR, - MODULES_END - MODULES_VADDR, KCORE_VMALLOC); + void *start = (void *)MODULES_VADDR; + size_t len = MODULES_END - MODULES_VADDR; + + if (start != (void *)VMALLOC_START && len != VMALLOC_END - VMALLOC_START) { + kclist_add(&kcore_modules, start, len, KCORE_VMALLOC); } } #else --2.9.0