From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org, Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@chromium.org>,
Richard Fitzgerald <rf@opensource.cirrus.com>,
Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@codethink.co.uk>,
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.18 3/4] default_gfp(): avoid using the "newfangled" __VA_OPT__ trick
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 00:33:00 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260709043301.142931-4-ebiggers@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260709043301.142931-1-ebiggers@kernel.org>
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
commit 551d44200152cb26f75d2ef990aeb6185b7e37fd upstream.
The default_gfp() helper that I added is not wrong, but it turns out
that it causes unnecessary headaches for 'sparse' which doesn't support
the use of __VA_OPT__ (introduced in C++20 and C23, and supported by gcc
and clang for a long time).
We do already use __VA_OPT__ in some other cases in the kernel (drm/xe
and btrfs), but it has been fairly limited. Now it triggers for pretty
much everything, and sparse ends up not working at all.
We can use the traditional gcc ',##__VA_ARGS__' syntax instead: it may
not be the "C standard" way and is slightly less natural in this
context, but it is the traditional model for this and avoids the sparse
problem.
Reported-and-tested-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@chromium.org>
Reported-and-tested-by: Richard Fitzgerald <rf@opensource.cirrus.com>
Reported-by: Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@codethink.co.uk>
Fixes: e19e1b480ac7 ("add default_gfp() helper macro and use it in the new *alloc_obj() helpers")
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
---
include/linux/gfp.h | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index 09559f7126ac..647b3db8a757 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
struct mempolicy;
/* Helper macro to avoid gfp flags if they are the default one */
-#define __default_gfp(a,...) a
-#define default_gfp(...) __default_gfp(__VA_ARGS__ __VA_OPT__(,) GFP_KERNEL)
+#define __default_gfp(a,b,...) b
+#define default_gfp(...) __default_gfp(,##__VA_ARGS__,GFP_KERNEL)
/* Convert GFP flags to their corresponding migrate type */
#define GFP_MOVABLE_MASK (__GFP_RECLAIMABLE|__GFP_MOVABLE)
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-09 4:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-09 4:32 [PATCH 6.18 0/4] Backport the one-arg k*alloc_obj() APIs Eric Biggers
2026-07-09 4:32 ` [PATCH 6.18 1/4] slab: Introduce kmalloc_flex() and family Eric Biggers
2026-07-09 4:32 ` [PATCH 6.18 2/4] add default_gfp() helper macro and use it in the new *alloc_obj() helpers Eric Biggers
2026-07-09 4:33 ` Eric Biggers [this message]
2026-07-09 4:33 ` [PATCH 6.18 4/4] slab: recognize @GFP parameter as optional in kernel-doc Eric Biggers
2026-07-09 13:07 ` Greg KH
2026-07-10 21:03 ` [PATCH 6.18 0/4] Backport the one-arg k*alloc_obj() APIs Sasha Levin
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