Re: [PATCH RESEND] uapi/linux/const.h: Prefer ISO-friendly __typeof__

[Petr Vorel]

Hi Kevin,

> typeof is (still) a GNU extension, which means that it cannot be
> used when building ISO C (e.g. -std=c99). It should therefore be
> avoided in uapi headers in favour of the ISO-friendly __typeof__.

IMHO UAPI are built with -std=c90 -Wall -Werror=implicit-function-declaration
(see usr/include/Makefile).
But one or the other, you're right both require __typeof__.

"If you are writing a header file that must work when included in ISO C
programs, write __typeof__ instead of typeof."
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-12.2.0/gcc/Typeof.html

Reviewed-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@xxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@xxxxxxx>

Kind regards,
Petr

> Unfortunately this issue could not be detected by
> CONFIG_UAPI_HEADER_TEST=y as the __ALIGN_KERNEL() macro is not
> expanded in any uapi header.

> Reported-by: Ruben Ayrapetyan <ruben.ayrapetyan@xxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Ruben Ayrapetyan <ruben.ayrapetyan@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/const.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/const.h b/include/uapi/linux/const.h
> index af2a44c08683..a429381e7ca5 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/const.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/const.h
> @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
>  #define _BITUL(x)	(_UL(1) << (x))
>  #define _BITULL(x)	(_ULL(1) << (x))

> -#define __ALIGN_KERNEL(x, a)		__ALIGN_KERNEL_MASK(x, (typeof(x))(a) - 1)
> +#define __ALIGN_KERNEL(x, a)		__ALIGN_KERNEL_MASK(x, (__typeof__(x))(a) - 1)
>  #define __ALIGN_KERNEL_MASK(x, mask)	(((x) + (mask)) & ~(mask))

>  #define __KERNEL_DIV_ROUND_UP(n, d) (((n) + (d) - 1) / (d))