Re: [PATCH] staging: vchiq: add 'static' to function definition

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 03:35:48PM +1100, Scott J. Crouch wrote:
> This fixes the following sparse error:
> 
>     warning: symbol 'vchiq_platform_init' was not declared. Should it be static?
> 
> Signed-off-by: Scott J. Crouch <scottjcrouch@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c
> index dc33490ba7fb..ffa517077b80 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c
> @@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ free_pagelist(struct vchiq_instance *instance, struct vchiq_pagelist_info *pagel
>  	cleanup_pagelistinfo(instance, pagelistinfo);
>  }
>  
> -int vchiq_platform_init(struct platform_device *pdev, struct vchiq_state *state)
> +static int vchiq_platform_init(struct platform_device *pdev, struct vchiq_state *state)
>  {
>  	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
>  	struct vchiq_drvdata *drvdata = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
> -- 
> 2.37.3
> 
> 

Nice try, but this breaks the build in a very horrible and strange way
that no one has been able to figure out yet:

 CC [M]  drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.o
In file included from drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c:16:
In function ‘memcpy_to_page’,
    inlined from ‘free_pagelist’ at drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c:433:4,
    inlined from ‘vchiq_complete_bulk’ at drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c:648:3:
./include/linux/highmem.h:377:9: error: argument 2 null where non-null expected [-Werror=nonnull]
  377 |         memcpy(to + offset, from, len);
      |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from ./arch/x86/include/asm/string.h:5,
                 from ./include/linux/string.h:20,
                 from ./include/linux/bitmap.h:11,
                 from ./include/linux/cpumask.h:12,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpumask.h:5,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:11,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:22,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/timex.h:5,
                 from ./include/linux/timex.h:67,
                 from ./include/linux/time32.h:13,
                 from ./include/linux/time.h:60,
                 from ./include/linux/stat.h:19,
                 from ./include/linux/module.h:13,
                 from drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c:8:
drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c: In function ‘vchiq_complete_bulk’:
./arch/x86/include/asm/string_64.h:19:14: note: in a call to function ‘memcpy’ declared ‘nonnull’
   19 | extern void *memcpy(void *to, const void *from, size_t len);
      |              ^~~~~~
In file included from drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c:16:
In function ‘memcpy_to_page’,
    inlined from ‘free_pagelist’ at drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c:440:4,
    inlined from ‘vchiq_complete_bulk’ at drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c:648:3:
./include/linux/highmem.h:377:9: error: ‘memcpy’ offset 0 is out of the bounds [0, 0] [-Werror=array-bounds]
  377 |         memcpy(to + offset, from, len);
      |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors


So we can't take this patch.

Also remember to always test-build your patches before sending them.

thanks,

greg k-h