[PATCH 17/17] genksyms: fix syntax error for attribute before init-declarator
From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Mon Jan 13 2025 - 10:17:33 EST
A longstanding issue with genksyms is that it has hidden syntax errors.
For example, genksyms fails to parse the following valid code:
int x, __attribute__((__section__(".init.data")))y;
Here, only 'y' is annotated by the attribute, although I am not aware
of actual uses of this pattern in the kernel tree.
When a syntax error occurs, yyerror() is called. However,
error_with_pos() is a no-op unless the -w option is provided.
You can observe syntax errors by manually passing the -w option.
$ echo 'int x, __attribute__((__section__(".init.data")))y;' | scripts/genksyms/genksyms -w
<stdin>:1: syntax error
This commit allows attributes to be placed between a comma and
init_declarator.
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/genksyms/parse.y | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/genksyms/parse.y b/scripts/genksyms/parse.y
index a2cd035a78c9..ee600a804fa1 100644
--- a/scripts/genksyms/parse.y
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/parse.y
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ init_declarator_list:
$$ = $1;
dont_want_type_specifier = true;
}
- | init_declarator_list ',' init_declarator
- { struct string_list *decl = *$3;
- *$3 = NULL;
+ | init_declarator_list ',' attribute_opt init_declarator
+ { struct string_list *decl = *$4;
+ *$4 = NULL;
free_list(*$2, NULL);
*$2 = decl_spec;
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ init_declarator_list:
add_symbol(current_name,
is_typedef ? SYM_TYPEDEF : SYM_NORMAL, decl, is_extern);
current_name = NULL;
- $$ = $3;
+ $$ = $4;
dont_want_type_specifier = true;
}
;
--
2.43.0