Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2021-09-14

Re: [PATCH rc] IB/qib: Fix clang confusion of NULL pointer comparison

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From: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Date: 2021-09-14 19:18:50
Also in: linux-rdma

On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 12:01 PM Jason Gunthorpe [off-list ref] wrote:
clang becomes confused due to the comparision to NULL in a contexpr context:
s/comparision/comparison/

s/contexpr/Integer Constant Expression/

I don't think constexpr is the equivalent to an ICE. We know what you
mean though. :^)
 >> drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_sysfs.c:413:1: error: static_assert expression is not an integral constant expression
    QIB_DIAGC_ATTR(rc_resends);
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_sysfs.c:406:16: note: expanded from macro 'QIB_DIAGC_ATTR'
            static_assert(&((struct qib_ibport *)0)->rvp.n_##N != (u64 *)NULL);    \

Nick found __same_type that solves this problem nicely, so use it instead.
Sorry, Nathan found that.  Should be:

Suggested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>

Thanks for the patch.
Reported-by: kernel test robot <redacted>
Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
---
 drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_sysfs.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Hopefully third time is the charm here..
:^)
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diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_sysfs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_sysfs.c
index 452e2355d24eeb..0a3b28142c05b6 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_sysfs.c
Consider explicitly including <linux/compiler_types.h> in this
translation unit.  I know it may compile today, and it might just be
our internal style guide talking here...
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@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ static ssize_t diagc_attr_store(struct ib_device *ibdev, u32 port_num,
 }

 #define QIB_DIAGC_ATTR(N)                                                      \
-       static_assert(&((struct qib_ibport *)0)->rvp.n_##N != (u64 *)NULL);    \
+       static_assert(__same_type(((struct qib_ibport *)0)->rvp.n_##N, u64));  \
        static struct qib_diagc_attr qib_diagc_attr_##N = {                    \
                .attr = __ATTR(N, 0664, diagc_attr_show, diagc_attr_store),    \
                .counter =                                                     \
base-commit: 6880fa6c56601bb8ed59df6c30fd390cc5f6dd8f
--
2.33.0

-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers
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