Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/percpu: Fix "multiple identical address spaces specified for type" clang warning

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Wed Jul 17 2024 - 10:40:45 EST



* Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The clang build with named address spaces enabled currently fails with:
>
> error: multiple identical address spaces specified for type [-Werror,-Wduplicate-decl-specifier]
>
> The warning is emitted when accessing const_pcpu_hot structure,
> which is already declared in __seg_gs named address space.
>
> Use specialized accessor for __raw_cpu_read_const() instead, avoiding
> redeclaring __seg_gs named address space via __raw_cpu_read().
>
> Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Bill Wendling <morbo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
> index c55a79d5feae..aeea5c8a17de 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
> @@ -160,7 +160,10 @@ do { \
> *(qual __my_cpu_type(pcp) *)__my_cpu_ptr(&(pcp)) = (val); \
> } while (0)
>
> -#define __raw_cpu_read_const(pcp) __raw_cpu_read(, , pcp)
> +#define __raw_cpu_read_const(pcp) \
> +({ \
> + *(typeof(pcp) *)(__force uintptr_t)(&(pcp)); \
> +})

So shouldn't this be carried together with the patch that enables named
address spaces on Clang? Is it possible that this patch might not be needed
in a Clang version where named address spaces work as expected?

Thanks,

Ingo