[PATCH] genksyms: Ignore module scoped _Static_assert()

From: Marco Elver
Date: Tue Dec 01 2020 - 10:22:36 EST


The C11 _Static_assert() keyword may be used at module scope, and we
need to teach genksyms about it to not abort with an error. We currently
have a growing number of static_assert() (but also direct usage of
_Static_assert()) users at module scope:

git grep -E '^_Static_assert\(|^static_assert\(' | grep -v '^tools' | wc -l
135

More recently, when enabling CONFIG_MODVERSIONS with CONFIG_KCSAN, we
observe a number of warnings:

WARNING: modpost: EXPORT symbol "<..all kcsan symbols..>" [vmlinux] [...]

When running a preprocessed source through 'genksyms -w' a number of
syntax errors point at usage of static_assert()s. In the case of
kernel/kcsan/encoding.h, new static_assert()s had been introduced which
used expressions that appear to cause genksyms to not even be able to
recover from the syntax error gracefully (as it appears was the case
previously).

Therefore, make genksyms ignore all _Static_assert() and the contained
expression. With the fix, usage of _Static_assert() no longer cause
"syntax error" all over the kernel, and the above modpost warnings for
KCSAN are gone, too.

Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/genksyms/keywords.c | 3 +++
scripts/genksyms/lex.l | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
scripts/genksyms/parse.y | 7 +++++++
3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/genksyms/keywords.c b/scripts/genksyms/keywords.c
index 057c6cabad1d..b85e0979a00c 100644
--- a/scripts/genksyms/keywords.c
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/keywords.c
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ static struct resword {
{ "restrict", RESTRICT_KEYW },
{ "asm", ASM_KEYW },

+ // c11 keywords that can be used at module scope
+ { "_Static_assert", STATIC_ASSERT_KEYW },
+
// attribute commented out in modutils 2.4.2. People are using 'attribute' as a
// field name which breaks the genksyms parser. It is not a gcc keyword anyway.
// KAO. },
diff --git a/scripts/genksyms/lex.l b/scripts/genksyms/lex.l
index e265c5d96861..ae76472efc43 100644
--- a/scripts/genksyms/lex.l
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/lex.l
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ yylex(void)
{
static enum {
ST_NOTSTARTED, ST_NORMAL, ST_ATTRIBUTE, ST_ASM, ST_TYPEOF, ST_TYPEOF_1,
- ST_BRACKET, ST_BRACE, ST_EXPRESSION,
+ ST_BRACKET, ST_BRACE, ST_EXPRESSION, ST_STATIC_ASSERT,
ST_TABLE_1, ST_TABLE_2, ST_TABLE_3, ST_TABLE_4,
ST_TABLE_5, ST_TABLE_6
} lexstate = ST_NOTSTARTED;
@@ -201,6 +201,11 @@ repeat:

case EXPORT_SYMBOL_KEYW:
goto fini;
+
+ case STATIC_ASSERT_KEYW:
+ lexstate = ST_STATIC_ASSERT;
+ count = 0;
+ goto repeat;
}
}
if (!suppress_type_lookup)
@@ -401,6 +406,26 @@ repeat:
}
break;

+ case ST_STATIC_ASSERT:
+ APP;
+ switch (token)
+ {
+ case '(':
+ ++count;
+ goto repeat;
+ case ')':
+ if (--count == 0)
+ {
+ lexstate = ST_NORMAL;
+ token = STATIC_ASSERT_PHRASE;
+ break;
+ }
+ goto repeat;
+ default:
+ goto repeat;
+ }
+ break;
+
case ST_TABLE_1:
goto repeat;

diff --git a/scripts/genksyms/parse.y b/scripts/genksyms/parse.y
index e22b42245bcc..8e9b5e69e8f0 100644
--- a/scripts/genksyms/parse.y
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/parse.y
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ static void record_compound(struct string_list **keyw,
%token SHORT_KEYW
%token SIGNED_KEYW
%token STATIC_KEYW
+%token STATIC_ASSERT_KEYW
%token STRUCT_KEYW
%token TYPEDEF_KEYW
%token UNION_KEYW
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ static void record_compound(struct string_list **keyw,
%token BRACE_PHRASE
%token BRACKET_PHRASE
%token EXPRESSION_PHRASE
+%token STATIC_ASSERT_PHRASE

%token CHAR
%token DOTS
@@ -130,6 +132,7 @@ declaration1:
| function_definition
| asm_definition
| export_definition
+ | static_assert
| error ';' { $$ = $2; }
| error '}' { $$ = $2; }
;
@@ -493,6 +496,10 @@ export_definition:
{ export_symbol((*$3)->string); $$ = $5; }
;

+/* Ignore any module scoped _Static_assert(...) */
+static_assert:
+ STATIC_ASSERT_PHRASE ';' { $$ = $2; }
+ ;

%%

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