Re: [PATCH] Fix _IOC_TYPECHECK sparse error

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Fri, 09 May 2014 09:43:58 +0200 Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> wrote:

> Andrew, can you merge this for 3.15 or 3.16 (you decide)? While it fixes a sparse error
> for the media subsystem, it is not really appropriate to go through our media tree.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	Hans
> 
> 
> When running sparse over drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c I get these
> errors:
> 
> drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c:2043:9: error: bad integer constant expression
> drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c:2044:9: error: bad integer constant expression
> drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c:2045:9: error: bad integer constant expression
> drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c:2046:9: error: bad integer constant expression
> 
> etc.
> 
> The root cause of that turns out to be in include/asm-generic/ioctl.h:
> 
> #include <uapi/asm-generic/ioctl.h>
> 
> /* provoke compile error for invalid uses of size argument */
> extern unsigned int __invalid_size_argument_for_IOC;
> #define _IOC_TYPECHECK(t) \
>         ((sizeof(t) == sizeof(t[1]) && \
>           sizeof(t) < (1 << _IOC_SIZEBITS)) ? \
>           sizeof(t) : __invalid_size_argument_for_IOC)
> 
> If it is defined as this (as is already done if __KERNEL__ is not defined):
> 
> #define _IOC_TYPECHECK(t) (sizeof(t))
> 
> then all is well with the world.
> 
> This patch allows sparse to work correctly.
> 
> --- a/include/asm-generic/ioctl.h
> +++ b/include/asm-generic/ioctl.h
> @@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
>  
>  #include <uapi/asm-generic/ioctl.h>
>  
> +#ifdef __CHECKER__
> +#define _IOC_TYPECHECK(t) (sizeof(t))
> +#else
>  /* provoke compile error for invalid uses of size argument */
>  extern unsigned int __invalid_size_argument_for_IOC;
>  #define _IOC_TYPECHECK(t) \
>  	((sizeof(t) == sizeof(t[1]) && \
>  	  sizeof(t) < (1 << _IOC_SIZEBITS)) ? \
>  	  sizeof(t) : __invalid_size_argument_for_IOC)
> +#endif
> +
>  #endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_IOCTL_H */

Can't we use BUILD_BUG_ON() here?  That's neater, more standard and
BUILD_BUG_ON() already has sparse handling.