linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/8] riscv: ensure RISC-V C model definitions are passed to static analyzers

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Date:   Fri, 18 Oct 2019 06:06:20 +0200
From:   Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@...il.com>
To:     Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>
Cc:     linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] riscv: ensure RISC-V C model definitions are passed
 to static analyzers

On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 05:49:25PM -0700, Paul Walmsley wrote:
> Static analysis tools such as sparse don't set the RISC-V C model
> preprocessor directives such as "__riscv_cmodel_medany", set by the C
> compilers.  This causes the static analyzers to evaluate different
> preprocessor paths than C compilers would.  Fix this by defining the
> appropriate C model macros in the static analyzer command lines.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>
> ---
>  arch/riscv/Makefile | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/Makefile b/arch/riscv/Makefile
> index f5e914210245..0247a90bd4d8 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/riscv/Makefile
> @@ -47,9 +47,11 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET=$(CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET)
>  
>  ifeq ($(CONFIG_CMODEL_MEDLOW),y)
>  	KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mcmodel=medlow
> +	CHECKFLAGS += -D__riscv_cmodel_medlow
>  endif
>  ifeq ($(CONFIG_CMODEL_MEDANY),y)
>  	KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mcmodel=medany
> +	CHECKFLAGS += -D__riscv_cmodel_medany

I can teach sparse about this in the following days.

-- Luc Van Oostenryck