[PATCH v3 4/5] string: Add [C]QChar_of() and QVoid_of()

[Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>]

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These macros serve to implement qualifier-generic macros as those
specified in ISO C23.

Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/string.h | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
index 12e31c17f0d3..9e59f9697c9e 100644
--- a/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/include/linux/string.h
@@ -14,6 +14,36 @@
 #include <linux/stdarg.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/string.h>
 
+/**
+ * QVoid_of - qualified void of
+ *
+ * @p: Pointer to test for qualifiers
+ *
+ * This macro produces the type name 'void',
+ * qualified with any qualifiers present in the element of @p.
+ */
+#define QVoid_of(p)       typeof((__QVoidptr_of(p)){0}[0])
+#define __QVoidptr_of(p)  typeof(1?(p):(void*){0})
+
+/**
+ * QChar_of - qualified char of
+ *
+ * @Q: Qualifier to test.
+ * @p: Pointer to test for the @Q qualifier
+ *
+ * This macro produces the type name 'char',
+ * @Q-qualified iff the input pointer points to a @Q-qualified element.
+ */
+#define QChar_of(Q, p)  typeof                                        \
+(                                                                     \
+	_Generic((QVoid_of(p) *){0},                                  \
+		Q void *:  (Q char){0},                               \
+		void *:    (  char){0}                                \
+	)                                                             \
+)
+// CQChar_of - const qualified char of
+#define CQChar_of(p)  QChar_of(const, p)
+
 extern char *strndup_user(const char __user *, long);
 extern void *memdup_user(const void __user *, size_t) __realloc_size(2);
 extern void *vmemdup_user(const void __user *, size_t) __realloc_size(2);
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2.55.0


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