From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>,
Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
oe-kbuild-all@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
x86@kernel.org, sparse@chrisli.org, linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org,
Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH] compiler: Use __typeof_unqual__() for __unqual_scalar_typeof()
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:18:16 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ecnp2zh3.ffs@tglx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87jyxh3ike.ffs@tglx>
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
The recent changes to get_unaligned() resulted in a new sparse warning:
net/rds/ib_cm.c:96:35: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different modifiers) @@ expected void * @@ got restricted __be64 const * @@
net/rds/ib_cm.c:96:35: sparse: expected void *
net/rds/ib_cm.c:96:35: sparse: got restricted __be64 const *
The updated get_unaligned_t() uses __unqual_scalar_typeof() to get an
unqualified type. This works correctly for the compilers, but fails for
sparse when the data type is __be64 (or any other __beNN variant).
On sparse runs (C=[12]) __beNN types are annotated with
__attribute__((bitwise)).
That annotation allows sparse to detect incompatible operations on __beNN
variables, but it also prevents sparse from evaluating the _Generic() in
__unqual_scalar_typeof() and map __beNN to a unqualified scalar type, so it
ends up with the default, i.e. the original qualified type of a 'const
__beNN' pointer. That then ends up as the first pointer argument to
builtin_memcpy(), which obviously causes the above sparse warnings.
The sparse git tree supports typeof_unqual() now, which allows to use it
instead of the _Generic() based __unqual_scalar_typeof(). With that sparse
correctly evaluates the unqualified type and keeps the __beNN logic intact.
The downside is that this requires a top of tree sparse build and an old
sparse version will emit a metric ton of incomprehensible error messages
before it dies with a segfault.
Therefore implement a sanity check which validates that the checker is
available and capable of handling typeof_unqual(). Emit a warning if not so
the user can take informed action.
[ tglx: Move the evaluation of USE_TYPEOF_UNQUAL to compiler_types.h so it is
set before use and implement the sanity checker ]
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202601150001.sKSN644a-lkp@intel.com/
---
Makefile | 8 ++++++++
include/linux/compiler.h | 10 ----------
include/linux/compiler_types.h | 11 +++++++++++
scripts/checker-valid.sh | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1178,6 +1178,14 @@ ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG
KBUILD_USERLDFLAGS += --ld-path=$(LD)
endif
+# Validate the checker is available and functional
+ifneq ($(KBUILD_CHECKSRC), 0)
+ ifneq ($(shell $(srctree)/scripts/checker-valid.sh $(CHECK)), 1)
+ $(warning C=$(KBUILD_CHECKSRC) specified, but $(CHECK) is not available or not up to date)
+ KBUILD_CHECKSRC = 0
+ endif
+endif
+
# make the checker run with the right architecture
CHECKFLAGS += --arch=$(ARCH)
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -231,16 +231,6 @@ void ftrace_likely_update(struct ftrace_
"must be non-C-string (not NUL-terminated)")
/*
- * Use __typeof_unqual__() when available.
- *
- * XXX: Remove test for __CHECKER__ once
- * sparse learns about __typeof_unqual__().
- */
-#if CC_HAS_TYPEOF_UNQUAL && !defined(__CHECKER__)
-# define USE_TYPEOF_UNQUAL 1
-#endif
-
-/*
* Define TYPEOF_UNQUAL() to use __typeof_unqual__() as typeof
* operator when available, to return an unqualified type of the exp.
*/
--- a/include/linux/compiler_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
@@ -562,6 +562,13 @@ struct ftrace_likely_data {
#define asm_inline asm
#endif
+/*
+ * Use __typeof_unqual__() when available.
+ */
+#if CC_HAS_TYPEOF_UNQUAL || defined(__CHECKER__)
+# define USE_TYPEOF_UNQUAL 1
+#endif
+
/* Are two types/vars the same type (ignoring qualifiers)? */
#define __same_type(a, b) __builtin_types_compatible_p(typeof(a), typeof(b))
@@ -569,6 +576,7 @@ struct ftrace_likely_data {
* __unqual_scalar_typeof(x) - Declare an unqualified scalar type, leaving
* non-scalar types unchanged.
*/
+#ifndef USE_TYPEOF_UNQUAL
/*
* Prefer C11 _Generic for better compile-times and simpler code. Note: 'char'
* is not type-compatible with 'signed char', and we define a separate case.
@@ -586,6 +594,9 @@ struct ftrace_likely_data {
__scalar_type_to_expr_cases(long), \
__scalar_type_to_expr_cases(long long), \
default: (x)))
+#else
+#define __unqual_scalar_typeof(x) __typeof_unqual__(x)
+#endif
/* Is this type a native word size -- useful for atomic operations */
#define __native_word(t) \
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/checker-valid.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh -eu
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+[ ! -x "$(command -v "$1")" ] && exit 1
+
+tmp_file=$(mktemp)
+trap "rm -f $tmp_file" EXIT
+
+cat << EOF >$tmp_file
+static inline int u(const int *q)
+{
+ __typeof_unqual__(*q) v = *q;
+ return v;
+}
+EOF
+
+# sparse happily exits with 0 on error so validate
+# there is none on stderr. Use awk as grep is a pain with sh -e
+$1 $tmp_file 2>&1 | awk -v c=1 '/error/{c=0}END{print c}'
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-16 18:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-14 16:36 [tip:timers/vdso 12/14] net/rds/ib_cm.c:96:35: sparse: sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different modifiers) kernel test robot
2026-01-14 17:51 ` Ian Rogers
2026-01-14 20:04 ` Thomas Gleixner
2026-01-14 21:03 ` Ian Rogers
2026-01-14 21:27 ` Thomas Gleixner
2026-01-14 21:42 ` Ian Rogers
2026-01-15 19:28 ` Thomas Gleixner
2026-01-15 21:11 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-01-15 21:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2026-01-15 21:30 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-01-15 23:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2026-01-16 8:28 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-01-15 23:01 ` Thomas Gleixner
2026-01-16 11:25 ` Thomas Gleixner
2026-01-16 18:18 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2026-01-17 5:25 ` [PATCH] compiler: Use __typeof_unqual__() for __unqual_scalar_typeof() Ian Rogers
2026-01-17 21:25 ` [tip: timers/vdso] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2026-01-18 9:38 ` tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2026-02-25 8:15 ` [PATCH] " Dan Carpenter
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