Re: [PATCH v3] mm:kasan: fix sparse warnings: Should it be static?

[Dmitry Vyukov]

On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 at 13:46, Nihar Chaithanya
<niharchaithanya@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Yes, when making the global variables kasan_ptr_result and
> kasan_int_result as static volatile, the warnings are removed and
> the variable and assignments are retained, but when just static is
> used I understand that it might be optimized.
>
> Add a fix making the global varaibles - static volatile, removing the
> warnings:
> mm/kasan/kasan_test.c:36:6: warning: symbol 'kasan_ptr_result' was not declared. Should it be static?
> mm/kasan/kasan_test.c:37:5: warning: symbol 'kasan_int_result' was not declared. Should it be static?
>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202312261010.o0lRiI9b-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Nihar Chaithanya <niharchaithanya@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> v1 -> v2: Used the aproach of making global variables static to resolve the
> warnings instead of local declarations.
>
> v2 -> v3: Making the global variables static volatile to resolve the
> warnings.
>
> Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241011033604.266084-1-niharchaithanya@xxxxxxxxx/
> Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241011095259.17345-1-niharchaithanya@xxxxxxxxx/
>
>  mm/kasan/kasan_test_c.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/kasan/kasan_test_c.c b/mm/kasan/kasan_test_c.c
> index a181e4780d9d..7884b46a1e71 100644
> --- a/mm/kasan/kasan_test_c.c
> +++ b/mm/kasan/kasan_test_c.c
> @@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ static struct {
>   * Some tests use these global variables to store return values from function
>   * calls that could otherwise be eliminated by the compiler as dead code.
>   */
> -void *kasan_ptr_result;
> -int kasan_int_result;
> +static volatile void *kasan_ptr_result;
> +static volatile int kasan_int_result;
>
>  /* Probe for console output: obtains test_status lines of interest. */
>  static void probe_console(void *ignore, const char *buf, size_t len)
> --
> 2.34.1
>
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