Thread (4 messages) 4 messages, 3 authors, 2021-05-08

Re: [PATCH v2] linux/kconfig.h: replace IF_ENABLED() with PTR_IF() in <linux/kernel.h>

From: Stephen Rothwell <hidden>
Date: 2021-05-08 02:00:16
Also in: linux-gpio, linux-kbuild, lkml

Hi Masahiro,

On Thu,  6 May 2021 02:45:15 +0900 Masahiro Yamada [off-list ref] wrote:
<linux/kconfig.h> is included from all the kernel-space source files,
including C, assembly, linker scripts. It is intended to contain a
minimal set of macros to evaluate CONFIG options.

IF_ENABLED() is an intruder here because (x ? y : z) is C code, which
should not be included from assembly files or linker scripts.
Except it doesn't matter unless IF_ENABLED() is used by one of those.
Also, <linux/kconfig.h> is no longer self-contained because NULL is
defined in <linux/stddef.h>.
Again, it doesn't matter unless IF_ENABLED() is used.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Move IF_ENABLED() out to <linux/kernel.h> as PTR_IF(). PTF_IF()
takes the general boolean expression instead of a CONFIG option
so that it fits better in <linux/kernel.h>.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
---

Changes in v2:
  - Keep PTF_IF macro in pinctrl-ingenic.c

 drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-ingenic.c | 2 ++
 include/linux/kconfig.h           | 6 ------
 include/linux/kernel.h            | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-ingenic.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-ingenic.c
index 651a36b9dcc0..0ee69f8e20b2 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-ingenic.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-ingenic.c
@@ -3854,6 +3854,8 @@ static int __init ingenic_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#define IF_ENABLED(cfg, ptr)	PTR_IF(IS_ENABLED(cfg), (ptr))
+
 static const struct of_device_id ingenic_pinctrl_of_match[] = {
 	{
 		.compatible = "ingenic,jz4730-pinctrl",
You also need to include linux/kernel.h in
drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-ingenic.c (for completeness).

Also, I don't understand why the use of IF_ENABLED doesn't produce
"defined but not used" warnings (if the function "ptr" is not marked as
__maybe_unused) ...

Also, if there is only one user of IF_ENABLED (and therefore PTR_IF),
why not just put it in that file and save me rebuilding the world again
every day because kernel.h is changed (again).  I guess that is going
to happen just because kconfig.h is being changed and that is also
included by everything :-(

Also, is anyone else ever going to use PTR_IF() without having to also
use IS_ENABLED()?

So, in case it is not obvious, I consider this patch unnecessary churn
(as was probably the patch that introduced IF_ENABLED in the first
place).

As an aside, this should not have been added to the kbuild tree in
linux-next until after -rc1 was released ...

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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