linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/62] highmem: mark k[un]map_atomic() with two arguments as deprecated

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Date:	Sun, 27 Nov 2011 10:34:06 -0200
From:	Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@...arb.net>
To:	Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Nick Bowler <nbowler@...iptictech.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/62] highmem: mark k[un]map_atomic() with two arguments
 as deprecated

Em 27-11-2011 03:26, Cong Wang escreveu:
>   /*
>    * Prevent people trying to call kunmap_atomic() as if it were kunmap()
>    * kunmap_atomic() should get the return value of kmap_atomic, not the page.
>    */
> -#define kunmap_atomic(addr, args...)				\
> -do {								\
> -	BUILD_BUG_ON(__same_type((addr), struct page *));	\
> -	__kunmap_atomic(addr);					\
> -} while (0)
> +static inline void kunmap_atomic(void *addr)
> +{
> +	BUILD_BUG_ON(__same_type((addr), struct page *));
> +	__kunmap_atomic(addr);
> +}
> +
> +static inline void __deprecated kunmap_atomic_deprecated(void *addr,
> +							enum km_type km)
> +{
> +	BUILD_BUG_ON(__same_type((addr), struct page *));
> +	__kunmap_atomic(addr);
> +}

This will break the misuse detection of kunmap_atomic (see commit 
597781f3e51f48ef8e67be772196d9e9673752c4).

kunmap_atomic() _must_ be a macro, so the __same_type can see the type 
the caller used. If you use an inline function, all it will see is a 
void *, even if the caller confused it with kunmap() and passed a struct 
page *.

-- 
Cesar Eduardo Barros
cesarb@...arb.net
cesar.barros@...il.com
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