linux-kernel - [guv v2 02/31] percpu: Make __verify_pcu_ptr handle per cpu pointers to arrays

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Date:	Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:44:19 +0000
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [guv v2 02/31] percpu: Make __verify_pcu_ptr handle per cpu pointers to arrays

__verify_pcpu_ptr() will cause a compilation failure if the type of the
pointer is a pointer to a fixed array of objects. Adding zero to the
pointer converts the type of pointer to that pointing to a single
object of the array.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>

Index: linux/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/include/linux/percpu-defs.h	2013-08-22 13:39:04.000000000 -0500
+++ linux/include/linux/percpu-defs.h	2013-08-22 13:41:15.333140537 -0500
@@ -22,9 +22,12 @@
  * Macro which verifies @ptr is a percpu pointer without evaluating
  * @ptr.  This is to be used in percpu accessors to verify that the
  * input parameter is a percpu pointer.
+ *
+ * + 0 is required in order to convert the pointer type from a
+ * potential array type to a pointer to a single item of the array.
  */
 #define __verify_pcpu_ptr(ptr)	do {					\
-	const void __percpu *__vpp_verify = (typeof(ptr))NULL;		\
+	const void __percpu *__vpp_verify = (typeof((ptr) + 0))NULL;	\
 	(void)__vpp_verify;						\
 } while (0)
 

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