Re: [PATCH] misra: add deviations of MISRA C Rule 5.5

[Nicola Vetrini <nicola.vetrini@bugseng.com>]

On 2025-07-16 20:08, Dmytro Prokopchuk1 wrote:
> MISRA C Rule 5.5 states that: "Identifiers shall
> be distinct from macro names".
> 
> Update ECLAIR configuration to deviate:
> - clashes in 'xen/include/xen/bitops.h';
> - clashes in 'xen/include/xen/irq.h';
> - clashes in 'xen/common/grant_table.c'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmytro Prokopchuk <dmytro_prokopchuk1@epam.com>
> ---
> This patch makes MISRA Rule 5.5 "clean" for ARM only.
> 
> Was agreed to narrow deviation:
> https://patchew.org/Xen/cover.1752096263.git.dmytro._5Fprokopchuk1@epam.com/e47d08e4465f913f03348830954e800f420c652d.1752096263.git.dmytro._5Fprokopchuk1@epam.com/
> 
> CI:
> https://eclair-analysis-logs.xenproject.org/fs/var/local/eclair/xen-project.ecdf/xen-project/people/dimaprkp4k/xen/ECLAIR_normal/rule_5.5_deviation_final/ARM64/10706457595/PROJECT.ecd;/by_service.html#service&kind
> ---
>  automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/deviations.ecl | 7 +++++++
>  docs/misra/deviations.rst                        | 7 +++++++
>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/deviations.ecl 
> b/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/deviations.ecl
> index 8504e850c1..3895148460 100644
> --- a/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/deviations.ecl
> +++ b/automation/eclair_analysis/ECLAIR/deviations.ecl
> @@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ it defines would (in the common case) be already 
> defined. Peer reviewed by the c
>  -config=MC3A2.R5.5,reports+={deliberate, 
> "any_area(decl(kind(function))||any_loc(macro(name(memcpy||memset||memmove))))&&any_area(any_loc(file(^xen/common/libelf/libelf-private\\.h$)))"}
>  -doc_end
> 
> +-doc_begin="Clashes between function names and macros are deliberate 
> and needed to have a function-like macro that acts as a wrapper for the 
> function to be called.
> +Before calling the function, the macro adds additional checks or 
> adjusts the number of parameters depending on the configuration."
> +-config=MC3A2.R5.5,reports+={deliberate, 
> "any_area(all_loc(file(^xen/include/xen/bitops\\.h$)) && 
> macro(name(__test_and_set_bit||__test_and_clear_bit||__test_and_change_bit||test_bit)))"}

                                                                          
                         ^^^^ No blanks here, just like below.

> +-config=MC3A2.R5.5,reports+={deliberate, 
> "any_area(all_loc(file(^xen/common/grant_table\\.c$))&&macro(name(update_gnttab_par||parse_gnttab_limit)))"}
> +-config=MC3A2.R5.5,reports+={deliberate, 
> "any_area(all_loc(file(^xen/include/xen/irq\\.h$))&&macro(name(pirq_cleanup_check)))"}
> +-doc_end
> +
>  -doc_begin="The type \"ret_t\" is deliberately defined multiple times,
>  depending on the guest."
>  
> -config=MC3A2.R5.6,reports+={deliberate,"any_area(any_loc(text(^.*ret_t.*$)))"}
> diff --git a/docs/misra/deviations.rst b/docs/misra/deviations.rst
> index 620e97f0bd..84bc933cbf 100644
> --- a/docs/misra/deviations.rst
> +++ b/docs/misra/deviations.rst
> @@ -142,6 +142,13 @@ Deviations related to MISRA C:2012 Rules:
>         memmove.
>       - Tagged as `deliberate` for ECLAIR.
> 
> +   * - R5.5
> +     - Clashes between function names and macros are deliberate and 
> needed
> +       to have a function-like macro that acts as a wrapper for the 
> function to be
> +       called. Before calling the function, the macro adds additional 
> checks or
> +       adjusts the number of parameters depending on the 
> configuration.
> +     - Tagged as `deliberate` for ECLAIR.
> +

At least this wants to delimit to which macros you actually allow to 
overlap with functions, as this seems to imply that the deviation is 
general, which is not

>     * - R5.6
>       - The type ret_t is deliberately defined multiple times depending 
> on the
>         type of guest to service.

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Nicola Vetrini, B.Sc.
Software Engineer
BUGSENG (https://bugseng.com)
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