linux-kernel - [PATCH] powerpc/cell: fix build failure by disabling attribute-alias warning

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Date:   Tue, 29 May 2018 06:58:37 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
To:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: [PATCH] powerpc/cell: fix build failure by disabling attribute-alias
 warning

Latest GCC version emit the following warnings

As arch/powerpc code is built with -Werror, this breaks build with
GCC 8.1

This patch inhibits those warnings

  CC      arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_syscalls.o
In file included from arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_syscalls.c:26:
./include/linux/syscalls.h:233:18: error: 'sys_spu_create' alias between functions of incompatible types 'long int(const char *, unsigned int,  umode_t,  int)' {aka 'long int(const char *, unsigned int,  short unsigned int,  int)'} and 'long int(long int,  long int,  long int,  long int)' [-Werror=attribute-alias]
  asmlinkage long sys##name(__MAP(x,__SC_DECL,__VA_ARGS__)) \
                  ^~~
./include/linux/syscalls.h:222:2: note: in expansion of macro '__SYSCALL_DEFINEx'
  __SYSCALL_DEFINEx(x, sname, __VA_ARGS__)
  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
./include/linux/syscalls.h:214:36: note: in expansion of macro 'SYSCALL_DEFINEx'
 #define SYSCALL_DEFINE4(name, ...) SYSCALL_DEFINEx(4, _##name, __VA_ARGS__)
                                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_syscalls.c:70:1: note: in expansion of macro 'SYSCALL_DEFINE4'
 SYSCALL_DEFINE4(spu_create, const char __user *, name, unsigned int, flags,
 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
./include/linux/syscalls.h:238:18: note: aliased declaration here
  asmlinkage long __se_sys##name(__MAP(x,__SC_LONG,__VA_ARGS__)) \
                  ^~~~~~~~
./include/linux/syscalls.h:222:2: note: in expansion of macro '__SYSCALL_DEFINEx'
  __SYSCALL_DEFINEx(x, sname, __VA_ARGS__)
  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
./include/linux/syscalls.h:214:36: note: in expansion of macro 'SYSCALL_DEFINEx'
 #define SYSCALL_DEFINE4(name, ...) SYSCALL_DEFINEx(4, _##name, __VA_ARGS__)
                                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_syscalls.c:70:1: note: in expansion of macro 'SYSCALL_DEFINE4'
 SYSCALL_DEFINE4(spu_create, const char __user *, name, unsigned int, flags,
 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
./include/linux/syscalls.h:233:18: error: 'sys_spu_run' alias between functions of incompatible types 'long int(int,  __u32 *, __u32 *)' {aka 'long int(int,  unsigned int *, unsigned int *)'} and 'long int(long int,  long int,  long int)' [-Werror=attribute-alias]
  asmlinkage long sys##name(__MAP(x,__SC_DECL,__VA_ARGS__)) \
                  ^~~
./include/linux/syscalls.h:222:2: note: in expansion of macro '__SYSCALL_DEFINEx'
  __SYSCALL_DEFINEx(x, sname, __VA_ARGS__)
  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
./include/linux/syscalls.h:213:36: note: in expansion of macro 'SYSCALL_DEFINEx'
 #define SYSCALL_DEFINE3(name, ...) SYSCALL_DEFINEx(3, _##name, __VA_ARGS__)
                                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_syscalls.c:94:1: note: in expansion of macro 'SYSCALL_DEFINE3'
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(spu_run,int, fd, __u32 __user *, unpc, __u32 __user *, ustatus)
 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
./include/linux/syscalls.h:238:18: note: aliased declaration here
  asmlinkage long __se_sys##name(__MAP(x,__SC_LONG,__VA_ARGS__)) \
                  ^~~~~~~~
./include/linux/syscalls.h:222:2: note: in expansion of macro '__SYSCALL_DEFINEx'
  __SYSCALL_DEFINEx(x, sname, __VA_ARGS__)
  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
./include/linux/syscalls.h:213:36: note: in expansion of macro 'SYSCALL_DEFINEx'
 #define SYSCALL_DEFINE3(name, ...) SYSCALL_DEFINEx(3, _##name, __VA_ARGS__)
                                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_syscalls.c:94:1: note: in expansion of macro 'SYSCALL_DEFINE3'
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(spu_run,int, fd, __u32 __user *, unpc, __u32 __user *, ustatus)
 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_syscalls.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_syscalls.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_syscalls.c
index 263413a34823..9afc91dfbdcd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_syscalls.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_syscalls.c
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ static inline void spufs_calls_put(struct spufs_calls *calls) { }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_SPU_FS_MODULE */
 
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wattribute-alias"
 SYSCALL_DEFINE4(spu_create, const char __user *, name, unsigned int, flags,
 	umode_t, mode, int, neighbor_fd)
 {
@@ -111,6 +113,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(spu_run,int, fd, __u32 __user *, unpc, __u32 __user *, ustatus)
 	spufs_calls_put(calls);
 	return ret;
 }
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_COREDUMP
 int elf_coredump_extra_notes_size(void)
-- 
2.13.3