Re: [PATCH] ACPI: avoid NULL pointer arithmetic

["Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>]

Bob, this is ACPICA material.

Would it be possible to apply this to the upstream from the patch or do 
you need  a PR for this?

On 9/27/2021 2:13 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> There are some very old macros for doing an open-coded offsetof() and
> cast between pointer and integer in ACPI headers. clang-14 now complains
> about these:
>
> drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfadt.c:86:3: error: performing pointer subtraction with a null pointer has undefined behavior [-Werror,-Wnull-pointer-subtraction]
>           ACPI_FADT_OFFSET(pm_timer_block),
>           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> include/acpi/actbl.h:376:47: note: expanded from macro 'ACPI_FADT_OFFSET'
>   #define ACPI_FADT_OFFSET(f)             (u16) ACPI_OFFSET (struct acpi_table_fadt, f)
>                                                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> include/acpi/actypes.h:511:41: note: expanded from macro 'ACPI_OFFSET'
>   #define ACPI_OFFSET(d, f)               ACPI_PTR_DIFF (&(((d *) 0)->f), (void *) 0)
>                                          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> include/acpi/actypes.h:505:79: note: expanded from macro 'ACPI_PTR_DIFF'
>   #define ACPI_PTR_DIFF(a, b)             ((acpi_size) (ACPI_CAST_PTR (u8, (a)) - ACPI_CAST_PTR (u8, (b))))
>                                                                                ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Convert them to the modern equivalents.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---
>   include/acpi/actypes.h | 4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/acpi/actypes.h b/include/acpi/actypes.h
> index 92c71dfce0d5..285bc7b73de3 100644
> --- a/include/acpi/actypes.h
> +++ b/include/acpi/actypes.h
> @@ -507,8 +507,8 @@ typedef u64 acpi_integer;
>   /* Pointer/Integer type conversions */
>   
>   #define ACPI_TO_POINTER(i)              ACPI_CAST_PTR (void, (acpi_size) (i))
> -#define ACPI_TO_INTEGER(p)              ACPI_PTR_DIFF (p, (void *) 0)
> -#define ACPI_OFFSET(d, f)               ACPI_PTR_DIFF (&(((d *) 0)->f), (void *) 0)
> +#define ACPI_TO_INTEGER(p)              ((uintptr_t)(p))
> +#define ACPI_OFFSET(d, f)               offsetof(d, f)
>   #define ACPI_PHYSADDR_TO_PTR(i)         ACPI_TO_POINTER(i)
>   #define ACPI_PTR_TO_PHYSADDR(i)         ACPI_TO_INTEGER(i)
>