Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] panic: sys_info: Replace struct sys_info_name with plain array of strings

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 08:06:16PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:44:19 +0100 Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

...

> > -static const struct sys_info_name  si_names[] = {
> > -	{ SYS_INFO_TASKS,		"tasks" },
> > -	{ SYS_INFO_MEM,			"mem" },
> > -	{ SYS_INFO_TIMERS,		"timers" },
> > -	{ SYS_INFO_LOCKS,		"locks" },
> > -	{ SYS_INFO_FTRACE,		"ftrace" },
> > -	{ SYS_INFO_ALL_BT,		"all_bt" },
> > -	{ SYS_INFO_BLOCKED_TASKS,	"blocked_tasks" },
> > +static const char * const si_names[] = {
> > +	[ilog2(SYS_INFO_TASKS)]			= "tasks",
> > +	[ilog2(SYS_INFO_MEM)]			= "mem",
> > +	[ilog2(SYS_INFO_TIMERS)]		= "timers",
> > +	[ilog2(SYS_INFO_LOCKS)]			= "locks",
> > +	[ilog2(SYS_INFO_FTRACE)]		= "ftrace",
> > +	[ilog2(SYS_INFO_PANIC_CONSOLE_REPLAY)]	= "",
> > +	[ilog2(SYS_INFO_ALL_BT)]		= "all_bt",
> > +	[ilog2(SYS_INFO_BLOCKED_TASKS)]		= "blocked_tasks",
> >  };
> 
> We have this const_ilog2() which appears to exist to work around a
> sparse shortcoming.  But only net/ethtool/common.c uses it - plenty of
> other sites do what you've done.
> 
> Which makes me wonder whether const_ilog2() can be removed, switch
> everything over to ilog2().

Good question. I haven't noticed sparse errors, I always use make W=1 C=1 for
my local builds.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko