Re: [PATCH 4/8] riscv: ensure RISC-V C model definitions are passed to static analyzers

[Paul Walmsley]

On Fri, 18 Oct 2019, Luc Van Oostenryck wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 05:49:25PM -0700, Paul Walmsley wrote:
> > Static analysis tools such as sparse don't set the RISC-V C model
> > preprocessor directives such as "__riscv_cmodel_medany", set by the C
> > compilers.  This causes the static analyzers to evaluate different
> > preprocessor paths than C compilers would.  Fix this by defining the
> > appropriate C model macros in the static analyzer command lines.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  arch/riscv/Makefile | 2 ++
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/Makefile b/arch/riscv/Makefile
> > index f5e914210245..0247a90bd4d8 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/Makefile
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/Makefile
> > @@ -47,9 +47,11 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET=$(CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET)
> >  
> >  ifeq ($(CONFIG_CMODEL_MEDLOW),y)
> >  	KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mcmodel=medlow
> > +	CHECKFLAGS += -D__riscv_cmodel_medlow
> >  endif
> >  ifeq ($(CONFIG_CMODEL_MEDANY),y)
> >  	KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mcmodel=medany
> > +	CHECKFLAGS += -D__riscv_cmodel_medany
> 
> I can teach sparse about this in the following days.

That would be great.  Would you be willing to follow up with me via E-mail 
or mailing list post when it's fixed?  If so, then in the meantime, I'll 
just drop this patch.


- Paul