Re: [PATCH] linux/compiler-clang.h: define HAVE_BUILTIN_BSWAP*

[Luc Van Oostenryck]

On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 05:45:09PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> Fixes: 815f0ddb346c ("include/linux/compiler*.h: make compiler-*.h mutually exclusive")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/compiler-clang.h | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-clang.h b/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
> index 6478bff6fcc2..bbfa9ff6a2ec 100644
> --- a/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
> +++ b/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
> @@ -33,6 +33,16 @@
>  #define __no_sanitize_thread
>  #endif
>  
> +/*
> + * sparse (__CHECKER__) pretends to be gcc, but can't do constant
> + * folding in __builtin_bswap*() (yet), so don't set these for it.
> + */

This is not true anymore since 2017. Also, a much recent version of
Sparse is needed for _Generic(), for example).

Can you remove the comment and the test for __CHECKER__?

Best regards,
-- Luc