Re: [PATCH 1/2] compiler_types: Ensure __diag_clang() is always available

From: Justin Stitt
Date: Tue Mar 19 2024 - 20:35:38 EST


Hi,

On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 09:07:52AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> Attempting to use __diag_clang() and build with GCC results in a build
> error:
>
> include/linux/compiler_types.h:468:38: error: 'ignore' undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean 'inode'?
> 468 | __diag_ ## compiler(version, ignore, option)
> | ^~~~~~
>
> This error occurs because __diag_clang() is only defined in
> compiler-clang.h, which is only included when using clang as the
> compiler. This error has not been seen before because __diag_clang() has
> only been used in __diag_ignore_all(), which is defined in both
> compiler-clang.h and compiler-gcc.h.
>
> Add an empty stub for __diag_clang() in compiler_types.h, so that it is
> always defined and just becomes a no-op when using GCC.
>
> Fixes: f014a00bbeb0 ("compiler-clang.h: Add __diag infrastructure for clang")
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> include/linux/compiler_types.h | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_types.h b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
> index 3e64ec0f7ac8..fb0c3ff5497d 100644
> --- a/include/linux/compiler_types.h
> +++ b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
> @@ -461,6 +461,10 @@ struct ftrace_likely_data {
> #define __diag_GCC(version, severity, string)
> #endif
>
> +#ifndef __diag_clang
> +#define __diag_clang(version, severity, string)
> +#endif
> +
> #define __diag_push() __diag(push)
> #define __diag_pop() __diag(pop)
>
>
> --
> 2.44.0

Thanks
Justin