Re: [PATCH] compiler_attributes.h: move __compiletime_{error|warning}

[Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>]

On 7/20/2021 11:04 AM, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> I'm working on adding support for __attribute__((__error__(""))) and
> __attribute__((__warning__(""))) to Clang. To make use of these in
> __compiletime_error and __compiletime_warning (as used by BUILD_BUG and
> friends) for newer clang and detect/fallback for older versions of
> clang, move these to compiler_attributes.h and guard them with
> __has_attribute preprocessor guards.
> 
> Link: https://reviews.llvm.org/D106030
> Link: https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16428
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1173
> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
> ---
> Note that this feature hasn't landed yet in clang! I expect it to land
> in clang-13 though soon. We can still move this in anticipation of the
> feature landing, though perhaps the versions might not be precise if it
> slips to clang-14 (though I don't anticipate that).
> 
>   include/linux/compiler-gcc.h        |  3 ---
>   include/linux/compiler_attributes.h | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>   include/linux/compiler_types.h      |  6 ------
>   3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
> index cb9217fc60af..21c36b69eb06 100644
> --- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
> +++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
> @@ -43,9 +43,6 @@
>   
>   #define __compiletime_object_size(obj) __builtin_object_size(obj, 0)
>   
> -#define __compiletime_warning(message) __attribute__((__warning__(message)))
> -#define __compiletime_error(message) __attribute__((__error__(message)))
> -
>   #if defined(LATENT_ENTROPY_PLUGIN) && !defined(__CHECKER__)
>   #define __latent_entropy __attribute__((latent_entropy))
>   #endif
> diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
> index 2487be0e7199..5f474b593425 100644
> --- a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
> +++ b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
> @@ -30,14 +30,16 @@
>   # define __GCC4_has_attribute___assume_aligned__      1
>   # define __GCC4_has_attribute___copy__                0
>   # define __GCC4_has_attribute___designated_init__     0
> +# define __GCC4_has_attribute___error__               1
>   # define __GCC4_has_attribute___externally_visible__  1
> +# define __GCC4_has_attribute___fallthrough__         0
>   # define __GCC4_has_attribute___no_caller_saved_registers__ 0
> -# define __GCC4_has_attribute___noclone__             1
>   # define __GCC4_has_attribute___no_profile_instrument_function__ 0
> -# define __GCC4_has_attribute___nonstring__           0
>   # define __GCC4_has_attribute___no_sanitize_address__ 1
>   # define __GCC4_has_attribute___no_sanitize_undefined__ 1
> -# define __GCC4_has_attribute___fallthrough__         0
> +# define __GCC4_has_attribute___noclone__             1
> +# define __GCC4_has_attribute___nonstring__           0
> +# define __GCC4_has_attribute___warning__             1
>   #endif
>   
>   /*
> @@ -137,6 +139,17 @@
>   # define __designated_init
>   #endif
>   
> +/*
> + * Optional: only supported since clang >= 13.0
> + *
> + *   gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Function-Attributes.html#index-error-function-attribute
> + */
> +#if __has_attribute(__error__)
> +# define __compiletime_error(msg)       __attribute__((__error__(msg)))
> +#else
> +# define __compiletime_error(msg)
> +#endif
> +
>   /*
>    * Optional: not supported by clang
>    *
> @@ -298,6 +311,17 @@
>    */
>   #define __must_check                    __attribute__((__warn_unused_result__))
>   
> +/*
> + * Optional: only supported since clang >= 13.0
> + *
> + *   gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Function-Attributes.html#index-warning-function-attribute
> + */
> +#if __has_attribute(warning)

Should this be

#if __has_attribute(__warning__)

?

> +# define __compiletime_warning(msg)     __attribute__((__warning__(msg)))
> +#else
> +# define __compiletime_warning(msg)
> +#endif
> +
>   /*
>    *   gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Function-Attributes.html#index-weak-function-attribute
>    *   gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Variable-Attributes.html#index-weak-variable-attribute
> diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_types.h b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
> index e4ea86fc584d..b6ff83a714ca 100644
> --- a/include/linux/compiler_types.h
> +++ b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
> @@ -294,12 +294,6 @@ struct ftrace_likely_data {
>   #ifndef __compiletime_object_size
>   # define __compiletime_object_size(obj) -1
>   #endif
> -#ifndef __compiletime_warning
> -# define __compiletime_warning(message)
> -#endif
> -#ifndef __compiletime_error
> -# define __compiletime_error(message)
> -#endif
>   
>   #ifdef __OPTIMIZE__
>   # define __compiletime_assert(condition, msg, prefix, suffix)		\
>