From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Cc: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com>,
"Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>,
Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>,
Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
rcu@vger.kernel.org,
Clang-Built-Linux ML <clang-built-linux@googlegroups.com>,
Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>,
Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH next-20200930] treewide: Convert macro and uses of __section(foo) to __section("foo")
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 15:25:28 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aefe941251d5d58062d06099afb58dea1d1d4e17.camel@perches.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKwvOd=P+j0RaQfHsXPfB0EL3oRgAu8Q0+spUOn_v-p2+3=3pw@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, 2020-09-30 at 15:20 -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 3:06 PM Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2020-09-30 at 14:40 -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 12:16 PM Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> > > > Use a more generic form for __section that requires quotes to avoid
> > > > complications with clang and gcc differences.
> > > >
> > > > Remove the quote operator # from compiler_attributes.h __section macro.
> > > >
> > > > Convert all unquoted __section(foo) uses to quoted __section("foo").
> > > > Also convert __attribute__((section("foo"))) uses to __section("foo")
> > > > even if the __attribute__ has multiple list entry forms.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >
> > > > This is the current output from the script against next-20200930
> > > > attached in this link:
> > > >
> > > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/0e582a7f5144a33f465978d97701f9b3dcc377f3.camel@perches.com/
> > > >
> > > > It might be useful to run the script immediately before
> > > > the next -rc1.
> > >
> > > $ ARCH=powerpc CROSS_COMPILE=powerpc64le-linux-gnu- make CC=clang -j71
> > > powernv_defconfig
> > > $ ARCH=powerpc CROSS_COMPILE=powerpc64le-linux-gnu- make CC=clang -j71
> > > ...
> > > arch/powerpc/boot/main.c:193:44: error: expected ';' after top level declarator
> > > static char cmdline[BOOT_COMMAND_LINE_SIZE]
> >
> > The script does not convert files in
> >
> > scripts/
> > tools/
> > uapi/
> > and include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
> >
> > It otherwise assumes that any __attribute__((__section__
> > use should be converted to __section.
> >
> > If this ppc file is the only file outside of the
> > listed exclusions, I can either exclude it directly
> > or add compiler.h to it.
> >
> > You have a preference?
>
> If compiler_types.h which includes compiler_attributes.h is being
> implicitly including by Kbuild add `-include` flags to most
> translation units in the kernel, it would be nice to be able to use it
> everywhere. I consider open coded __attribute__'s a portability bug.
> So including the header in arch/powerpc/boot/*.c would be my
> preference.
>
> > Perhaps these are also possible files that need exclusions:
> >
> > ./arch/x86/boot/video.h:#define __videocard struct card_info __section(".videocards") __attribute__((used))
> > ./arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c:unsigned long *trampoline_32bit __section(".data");
> > ./arch/x86/boot/tty.c:static void __section(".inittext") serial_putchar(int ch)
> > ./arch/x86/boot/tty.c:static void __section(".inittext") bios_putchar(int ch)
> > ./arch/x86/boot/tty.c:void __section(".inittext") putchar(int ch)
> > ./arch/x86/boot/tty.c:void __section(".inittext") puts(const char *str)
> > ./arch/s390/boot/startup.c:static struct diag210 _diag210_tmp_dma __section(".dma.data");
> > ./arch/powerpc/boot/main.c: __section("__builtin_cmdline");
> > ./arch/powerpc/boot/ps3.c: __section("__builtin_cmdline");
> >
> >
>
no ppc cross compiler here, so can't test but maybe:
---
arch/powerpc/boot/main.c | 2 ++
arch/powerpc/boot/ps3.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/main.c b/arch/powerpc/boot/main.c
index 6a5b937a7f5c..ce6e27798f79 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/main.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/main.c
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
*/
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <stddef.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+
#include "elf.h"
#include "page.h"
#include "string.h"
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/ps3.c b/arch/powerpc/boot/ps3.c
index a71714b454b1..86ca9c30562a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/ps3.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/ps3.c
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <stddef.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+
#include "types.h"
#include "elf.h"
#include "string.h"
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-09-30 22:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-09-29 19:22 [PATCH] srcu: avoid escaped section names Nick Desaulniers
2020-09-29 19:22 ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-09-29 19:25 ` [PATCH v2] " Nick Desaulniers
2020-09-29 23:45 ` Kees Cook
2020-09-30 16:27 ` Nathan Chancellor
2020-09-30 16:41 ` Sedat Dilek
2020-09-30 18:57 ` Joe Perches
2020-09-30 19:16 ` [RFC PATCH next-20200930] treewide: Convert macro and uses of __section(foo) to __section("foo") Joe Perches
2020-09-30 21:40 ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-09-30 22:06 ` Joe Perches
2020-09-30 22:12 ` Joe Perches
2020-09-30 22:20 ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-09-30 22:25 ` Joe Perches [this message]
2020-09-30 22:56 ` Joe Perches
2020-10-01 10:15 ` Miguel Ojeda
2020-10-01 19:05 ` Joe Perches
2020-10-01 19:39 ` Segher Boessenkool
2020-10-01 20:19 ` Joe Perches
2020-10-05 18:36 ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-10-05 18:46 ` Joe Perches
2020-10-06 0:34 ` Joel Stanley
2020-10-06 3:22 ` Joe Perches
2020-09-30 20:40 ` [PATCH v2] srcu: avoid escaped section names Paul E. McKenney
2020-09-30 20:55 ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-10-02 20:51 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-10-05 18:29 ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-10-05 18:38 ` Sedat Dilek
2020-10-05 18:49 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-10-06 6:56 ` Nathan Chancellor
2020-10-07 21:05 ` Paul E. McKenney
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