Re: [PATCH] compiler*.h: Add '__' prefix and suffix to all __attribute__ #defines

From: Ramsay Jones
Date: Mon Oct 28 2019 - 22:46:37 EST




On 28/10/2019 23:03, Luc Van Oostenryck wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 03:28:17PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
>> On Mon, 2019-10-28 at 23:15 +0100, Luc Van Oostenryck wrote:
>>> On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 10:59:47AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 2019-10-28 at 18:37 +0100, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
>>>>> Just in case: for these ones (i.e. __CHECKER__), did you check if
>>>>> sparse handles this syntax? (I don't recall myself if it does).
>>>>>
>>>>> Other than that, thanks for the cleanup too! I can pick it up in the
>>>>> the compiler-attributes tree and put it in -next.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for asking and no, I did not until just now.
>>>> Turns out sparse does _not_ handle these changes and
>>>> the checking fails for these __<changes>__.
>>>>
>>>> sparse would have to update parse.c or the __CHECKER__
>>>> changes would need to be reverted.
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps update parse.c like:
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>> Yes, this was missing. Thanks.
>>> Can I have your SoB for this?
>>
>> I'm not sure this actually works as there's
>> some possible sparse parsing changes in the
>> use of __context__.
>
> Yes, indeed. The following shoud be squashed on top of
> your patch (not tested yet on linux side):
>
> -- Luc
>
> diff --git a/parse.c b/parse.c
> index 4464e2667..4b0a1566c 100644
> --- a/parse.c
> +++ b/parse.c
> @@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ static struct symbol_op goto_op = {
>
> static struct symbol_op __context___op = {
> .statement = parse_context_statement,
> + .attribute = attribute_context,

Hmm, so why is do we have a context_op and a __context___op?

> };
>
> static struct symbol_op range_op = {
> @@ -537,6 +538,7 @@ static struct init_keyword {
> { "while", NS_KEYWORD, .op = &while_op },
> { "do", NS_KEYWORD, .op = &do_op },
> { "goto", NS_KEYWORD, .op = &goto_op },
> + { "context", NS_KEYWORD, .op = &context_op },
> { "__context__",NS_KEYWORD, .op = &__context___op },

So, can '__context__' be used in a statement, as well as an
attribute, while 'context' can only be used in an attribute?

Confused.

ATB,
Ramsay Jones

> { "__range__", NS_KEYWORD, .op = &range_op },
> { "asm", NS_KEYWORD, .op = &asm_op },
> @@ -560,8 +562,6 @@ static struct init_keyword {
> { "__bitwise__",NS_KEYWORD, MOD_BITWISE, .op = &attr_bitwise_op },
> { "address_space",NS_KEYWORD, .op = &address_space_op },
> { "__address_space__",NS_KEYWORD, .op = &address_space_op },
> - { "context", NS_KEYWORD, .op = &context_op },
> - { "__context__",NS_KEYWORD, .op = &context_op },
> { "designated_init", NS_KEYWORD, .op = &designated_init_op },
> { "__designated_init__", NS_KEYWORD, .op = &designated_init_op },
> { "transparent_union", NS_KEYWORD, .op = &transparent_union_op },
>