RE: [PATCH] block/blk-iocost (gcc13): cast enum members to int in prints

[David Laight]

From: Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of 'Tejun Heo'
> Sent: 12 December 2022 21:47
> To: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David Laight <David.Laight@xxxxxxxxxx>; Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-
> kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Martin Liska <mliska@xxxxxxx>; Josef Bacik <josef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Jens Axboe
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH] block/blk-iocost (gcc13): cast enum members to int in prints
> 
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 01:14:31PM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> > > If so, my suggestion is just sticking with the old behavior until we switch
> > > to --std=g2x and then make one time adjustment at that point.
> >
> > So is the enum split OK under these circumstances?
> 
> Oh man, it's kinda crazy that the compiler is changing in a way that the
> same piece of code can't be compiled the same way across two adjoining
> versions of the same compiler. But, yeah, if that's what gcc is gonna do and
> splitting enums is the only way to be okay across the compiler versions,
> there isn't any other choice we can make.

It is also a silent code-breaker.
Compile this for 32bit x86:

enum { a = 1, b = ~0ull};
extern int foo(int, ...);
int f(void)
{
    return foo(0, a, 2);
}

gcc13 pushes an extra zero onto the stack between the 1 and 2.

	David

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