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From: Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@linbit.com>
To: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>,
	Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@gmail.com>,
	 linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] compiler.h: Add missing include statement for build_bug.h
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 12:01:42 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADGDV=XZnkOUrc=AC=D5CeOHagiTbSGd2KGK0rN1MWoSXjidCw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a2ed9ec0-4909-44bf-be11-21a22789e1d1@stanley.mountain>

On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 11:40 AM Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 11:14:02AM +0100, Philipp Reisner wrote:
> > compiler.h defines __must_be_array() and __must_be_cstr() and both
> > expand to BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(). build_bug.h defines BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO().
> > So far compiler.h lacks to include build_bug.h.
> >
> > Fix compiler.h by including build_bug.h. With that compiler.h and
> > build_bug.h depend on each other.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@linbit.com>
> > ---
>
> Fixes: ec0bbef66f86 ("Compiler Attributes: homogenize __must_be_array")
>
> What actually breaks?  This commit is six years old.  It's weird that we're only
> seeing build breakage now.  Or did you just notice this while reviewing the
> code?
>

I am working on a compilation unit that includes linux/string.h.
Compiling it breaks when using strscp(). That is since commit
commit 559048d156ff3391c4b793779a824c9193e20442
Author: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon Aug 5 14:43:44 2024 -0700

Of course, my trivial workaround is including build_bug.h in my
source; it is just not the proper way to fix this.

best regards,
 Phil

  reply	other threads:[~2024-11-14 11:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-11-14 10:14 [PATCH 0/1] Add missing include in compiler.h Philipp Reisner
2024-11-14 10:14 ` [PATCH 1/1] compiler.h: Add missing include statement for build_bug.h Philipp Reisner
2024-11-14 10:40   ` Dan Carpenter
2024-11-14 11:01     ` Philipp Reisner [this message]
2024-11-14 11:05       ` Dan Carpenter
2024-11-14 17:42   ` Linus Torvalds
2024-11-14 18:28     ` Linus Torvalds
2024-11-14 18:40       ` Linus Torvalds
2024-11-15 20:46         ` [PATCH] compiler.h: Fix undefined BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO() Philipp Reisner
2024-11-15 20:48           ` Kees Cook
2024-11-15 21:58             ` Linus Torvalds
2024-11-15 21:57           ` Linus Torvalds
2024-11-17  5:26           ` Kees Cook

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