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Subject: Re: powerpc: io-defs.h:43:1: error: performing pointer arithmetic on a null pointer has undefined behavior [-Werror,-Wnull-pointer-arithmetic]
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On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 03:02:52PM +0530, Naresh Kamboju wrote:
> In file included from arch/powerpc/include/asm/io.h:672:
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/io-defs.h:43:1: error: performing pointer
> arithmetic on a null pointer has undefined behavior
> [-Werror,-Wnull-pointer-arithmetic]

It is not UB, but just undefined: the program is meaningless.

It is not a null pointer but even a null pointer constant here.  It
matters in places, including here.

It would help if the warnings were more correct :-(


Segher