Re: warning: cast removes address space '__percpu' of expression
From: Charlemagne Lasse
Date: Mon Apr 22 2024 - 03:25:32 EST
Am Mi., 3. Apr. 2024 um 09:14 Uhr schrieb Charlemagne Lasse
<charlemagnelasse@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
> Am Di., 2. Apr. 2024 um 22:40 Uhr schrieb Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@xxxxxxxxx>:
> [snip]
> > > ```
> > > git reset --hard ed2f752e0e0a21d941ca0ee539ef3d4cd576bc5e
> > > git cherry-pick 3a1d3829e193c091475ceab481c5f8deab385023
> > > patch -p1 -i ~/p.diff.txt
> > > git clean -dfx
> > > make allnoconfig -j$(nproc)
> > > make kvm_guest.config
> > > echo CONFIG_MODULES=y >> .config
> > > echo CONFIG_NET_9P_VIRTIO=m >> .config
> > > make olddefconfig
> > > make prepare -j$(nproc)
> > > touch net/9p/trans_virtio.c
> > > make C=1 M=net/9p/ trans_virtio.o CHECK="sparse -Wconstexpr-not-const"
> > > ```
> > >
> > > This now shows the warning:
> > >
> > > ```
> > > net/9p/trans_virtio.c:831:1: warning: non-constant initializer for static object
> > > net/9p/trans_virtio.c:832:1: warning: non-constant initializer for static object
> > > ```
> [snip]
> > It's this part:
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
> > index d7779a18b24fc3..bf9815eaf4aabf 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/compiler.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
> > @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ void ftrace_likely_update(struct
> > ftrace_likely_data *f, int val,
> > */
> > #define ___ADDRESSABLE(sym, __attrs) \
> > static void * __used __attrs \
> > - __UNIQUE_ID(__PASTE(__addressable_,sym)) = (void *)&sym;
> > + __UNIQUE_ID(__PASTE(__addressable_,sym)) = (void *)(uintptr_t)&sym;
> > #define __ADDRESSABLE(sym) \
> > ___ADDRESSABLE(sym, __section(".discard.addressable"))
> >
> > But ... how is this not const?
>
> @Luc Van Oostenryck Do you have any idea how to correctly implement it
> to make sparse happy?
ping?