[PATCH] Fix _IOC_TYPECHECK sparse error

[PATCH] Fix _IOC_TYPECHECK sparse error

[Hans Verkuil]

When running sparse over drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c I get these
errors:

drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c:2043:9: error: bad integer constant expression
drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c:2044:9: error: bad integer constant expression
drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c:2045:9: error: bad integer constant expression
drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c:2046:9: error: bad integer constant expression

etc.

The root cause of that turns out to be in include/asm-generic/ioctl.h:

#include <uapi/asm-generic/ioctl.h>

/* provoke compile error for invalid uses of size argument */
extern unsigned int __invalid_size_argument_for_IOC;
#define _IOC_TYPECHECK(t) \
        ((sizeof(t) == sizeof(t[1]) && \
          sizeof(t) < (1 << _IOC_SIZEBITS)) ? \
          sizeof(t) : __invalid_size_argument_for_IOC)

If it is defined as this (as is already done if __KERNEL__ is not defined):

#define _IOC_TYPECHECK(t) (sizeof(t))

then all is well with the world.

This patch allows sparse to work correctly.

Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/ioctl.h b/include/asm-generic/ioctl.h
index d17295b..297fb0d 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/ioctl.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/ioctl.h
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 
 #include <uapi/asm-generic/ioctl.h>
 
+#ifdef __CHECKER__
+#define _IOC_TYPECHECK(t) (sizeof(t))
+#else
 /* provoke compile error for invalid uses of size argument */
 extern unsigned int __invalid_size_argument_for_IOC;
 #define _IOC_TYPECHECK(t) \
 	((sizeof(t) == sizeof(t[1]) && \
 	  sizeof(t) < (1 << _IOC_SIZEBITS)) ? \
 	  sizeof(t) : __invalid_size_argument_for_IOC)
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_IOCTL_H */

Re: [PATCH] Fix _IOC_TYPECHECK sparse error

[Josh Triplett]

On Tue, Apr 01, 2014 at 09:04:12AM +0200, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> When running sparse over drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c I get these
> errors:
> 
> drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c:2043:9: error: bad integer constant expression
> drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c:2044:9: error: bad integer constant expression
> drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c:2045:9: error: bad integer constant expression
> drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c:2046:9: error: bad integer constant expression
> 
> etc.
> 
> The root cause of that turns out to be in include/asm-generic/ioctl.h:
> 
> #include <uapi/asm-generic/ioctl.h>
> 
> /* provoke compile error for invalid uses of size argument */
> extern unsigned int __invalid_size_argument_for_IOC;
> #define _IOC_TYPECHECK(t) \
>         ((sizeof(t) == sizeof(t[1]) && \
>           sizeof(t) < (1 << _IOC_SIZEBITS)) ? \
>           sizeof(t) : __invalid_size_argument_for_IOC)
> 
> If it is defined as this (as is already done if __KERNEL__ is not defined):
> 
> #define _IOC_TYPECHECK(t) (sizeof(t))
> 
> then all is well with the world.
> 
> This patch allows sparse to work correctly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>

Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>

> diff --git a/include/asm-generic/ioctl.h b/include/asm-generic/ioctl.h
> index d17295b..297fb0d 100644
> --- a/include/asm-generic/ioctl.h
> +++ b/include/asm-generic/ioctl.h
> @@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
>  
>  #include <uapi/asm-generic/ioctl.h>
>  
> +#ifdef __CHECKER__
> +#define _IOC_TYPECHECK(t) (sizeof(t))
> +#else
>  /* provoke compile error for invalid uses of size argument */
>  extern unsigned int __invalid_size_argument_for_IOC;
>  #define _IOC_TYPECHECK(t) \
>  	((sizeof(t) == sizeof(t[1]) && \
>  	  sizeof(t) < (1 << _IOC_SIZEBITS)) ? \
>  	  sizeof(t) : __invalid_size_argument_for_IOC)
> +#endif
> +
>  #endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_IOCTL_H */
> 
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