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Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 14:50:20 +0100
From: Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
To: kbuild test robot <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Cc: kbuild-all@...org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: include/linux/kernel.h:860:32: error: dereferencing pointer to
incomplete type 'struct clock_event_device'
On 16/07/17 04:24, kbuild test robot wrote:
> tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
> head: 5771a8c08880cdca3bfb4a3fc6d309d6bba20877
> commit: c7acec713d14c6ce8a20154f9dfda258d6bcad3b kernel.h: handle pointers to arrays better in container_of()
> date: 3 days ago
> config: ia64-allyesconfig (attached as .config)
> compiler: ia64-linux-gcc (GCC) 6.2.0
> reproduce:
> wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/01org/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
> chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
> git checkout c7acec713d14c6ce8a20154f9dfda258d6bcad3b
> # save the attached .config to linux build tree
> make.cross ARCH=ia64
>
> All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):
>
> In file included from drivers/clocksource/timer-of.c:25:0:
> drivers/clocksource/timer-of.h:35:28: error: field 'clkevt' has incomplete type
> struct clock_event_device clkevt;
> ^~~~~~
> In file included from include/linux/err.h:4:0,
> from include/linux/clk.h:15,
> from drivers/clocksource/timer-of.c:18:
> drivers/clocksource/timer-of.h: In function 'to_timer_of':
>>> include/linux/kernel.h:860:32: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type 'struct clock_event_device'
> BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(!__same_type(*(ptr), ((type *)0)->member) && \
> ^~~~~~
> include/linux/compiler.h:517:19: note: in definition of macro '__compiletime_assert'
> bool __cond = !(condition); \
> ^~~~~~~~~
> include/linux/compiler.h:537:2: note: in expansion of macro '_compiletime_assert'
> _compiletime_assert(condition, msg, __compiletime_assert_, __LINE__)
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> include/linux/build_bug.h:46:37: note: in expansion of macro 'compiletime_assert'
> #define BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(cond, msg) compiletime_assert(!(cond), msg)
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> include/linux/kernel.h:860:2: note: in expansion of macro 'BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG'
> BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(!__same_type(*(ptr), ((type *)0)->member) && \
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> include/linux/kernel.h:860:20: note: in expansion of macro '__same_type'
> BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(!__same_type(*(ptr), ((type *)0)->member) && \
> ^~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/clocksource/timer-of.h:44:9: note: in expansion of macro 'container_of'
> return container_of(clkevt, struct timer_of, clkevt);
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~
> --
> In file included from drivers//clocksource/timer-of.c:25:0:
> drivers//clocksource/timer-of.h:35:28: error: field 'clkevt' has incomplete type
> struct clock_event_device clkevt;
> ^~~~~~
> In file included from include/linux/err.h:4:0,
> from include/linux/clk.h:15,
> from drivers//clocksource/timer-of.c:18:
> drivers//clocksource/timer-of.h: In function 'to_timer_of':
>>> include/linux/kernel.h:860:32: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type 'struct clock_event_device'
> BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(!__same_type(*(ptr), ((type *)0)->member) && \
> ^~~~~~
> include/linux/compiler.h:517:19: note: in definition of macro '__compiletime_assert'
> bool __cond = !(condition); \
> ^~~~~~~~~
> include/linux/compiler.h:537:2: note: in expansion of macro '_compiletime_assert'
> _compiletime_assert(condition, msg, __compiletime_assert_, __LINE__)
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> include/linux/build_bug.h:46:37: note: in expansion of macro 'compiletime_assert'
> #define BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(cond, msg) compiletime_assert(!(cond), msg)
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> include/linux/kernel.h:860:2: note: in expansion of macro 'BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG'
> BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(!__same_type(*(ptr), ((type *)0)->member) && \
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> include/linux/kernel.h:860:20: note: in expansion of macro '__same_type'
> BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(!__same_type(*(ptr), ((type *)0)->member) && \
> ^~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers//clocksource/timer-of.h:44:9: note: in expansion of macro 'container_of'
> return container_of(clkevt, struct timer_of, clkevt);
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> vim +860 include/linux/kernel.h
>
> 843
> 844
> 845 /*
> 846 * swap - swap value of @a and @b
> 847 */
> 848 #define swap(a, b) \
> 849 do { typeof(a) __tmp = (a); (a) = (b); (b) = __tmp; } while (0)
> 850
> 851 /**
> 852 * container_of - cast a member of a structure out to the containing structure
> 853 * @ptr: the pointer to the member.
> 854 * @type: the type of the container struct this is embedded in.
> 855 * @member: the name of the member within the struct.
> 856 *
> 857 */
> 858 #define container_of(ptr, type, member) ({ \
> 859 void *__mptr = (void *)(ptr); \
> > 860 BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(!__same_type(*(ptr), ((type *)0)->member) && \
> 861 !__same_type(*(ptr), void), \
> 862 "pointer type mismatch in container_of()"); \
> 863 ((type *)(__mptr - offsetof(type, member))); })
> 864
>
> ---
> 0-DAY kernel test infrastructure Open Source Technology Center
> https://lists.01.org/pipermail/kbuild-all Intel Corporation
>
struct clock_event_device is only completely defined when
CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS is defined, which it isn't. But I'm confused
as to why TIMER_OF getting selected by allyesconfig since it depends on
GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS.
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