mirror of https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
	 "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
	 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	 llvm@lists.linux.dev, stable@vger.kernel.org,
	 Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net] net: microchip: encx24j600: Avoid unsequenced accesses to jiffies in encx24j600_tx()
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2026 21:38:26 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261114-encx24j600-wunsequenced-v1-1-c978fc36cacd@kernel.org> (raw)

After a recent improvement in clang to warn on unsequenced accesses to
volatile variables [1], an instance appears in encx24j600_tx(), which
can break the build with CONFIG_WERROR=y / W=e:

  drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/encx24j600.c:898:14: error: unsequenced accesses to volatile qualified 'jiffies' [-Werror,-Wunsequenced]
    898 |                   jiffies, jiffies - dev_trans_start(dev));
        |                   ~~~~~~~  ^

Per C11 5.1.2.3.2, accessing a volatile object is a side effect. Per C11
6.5.2, unsequenced side effects on the same scalar object are undefined
behavior. Per C11 6.5.2.2.10/12, the evaluation of arguments in a
function call is indeterminately sequenced, meaning any side effects in
the arguments are unsequenced.

Add a local variable to hold the value of jiffies before the function
call so that there are no unsequenced side effects, clearing up the
warning.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 04fbfce7a222 ("net: Microchip encx24j600 driver")
Closes: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/2196
Link: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/955715460eaf9188c241c74750637fc82dfcc423 [1]
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/encx24j600.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/encx24j600.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/encx24j600.c
index b011bf5c2305..ebc067cb2c9d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/encx24j600.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/encx24j600.c
@@ -893,9 +893,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t encx24j600_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 static void encx24j600_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int txqueue)
 {
 	struct encx24j600_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
+	unsigned long j = jiffies;
 
 	netif_err(priv, tx_err, dev, "TX timeout at %ld, latency %ld\n",
-		  jiffies, jiffies - dev_trans_start(dev));
+		  j, j - dev_trans_start(dev));
 
 	dev->stats.tx_errors++;
 	netif_wake_queue(dev);

---
base-commit: aa40afa831ebfe45e40a23721711059f2ac584d4
change-id: 20261114-encx24j600-wunsequenced-d1c43cc36c2b

Best regards,
--  
Cheers,
Nathan


                 reply	other threads:[~2026-11-15  4:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: [no followups] expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20261114-encx24j600-wunsequenced-v1-1-c978fc36cacd@kernel.org \
    --to=nathan@kernel.org \
    --cc=andrew+netdev@lunn.ch \
    --cc=davem@davemloft.net \
    --cc=edumazet@kernel.org \
    --cc=kuba@kernel.org \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=llvm@lists.linux.dev \
    --cc=netdev@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=pabeni@redhat.com \
    --cc=stable@vger.kernel.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox

all inboxes | Powered by JetHome®