linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc/maple: Fix declaration made after definition

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Date:   Thu, 26 Mar 2020 23:07:02 +1100 (AEDT)
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc:     Ilie Halip <ilie.halip@...il.com>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/maple: Fix declaration made after definition

On Mon, 2020-03-23 at 22:27:29 UTC, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> When building ppc64 defconfig, Clang errors (trimmed for brevity):
> 
> arch/powerpc/platforms/maple/setup.c:365:1: error: attribute declaration
> must precede definition [-Werror,-Wignored-attributes]
> machine_device_initcall(maple, maple_cpc925_edac_setup);
> ^
> 
> machine_device_initcall expands to __define_machine_initcall, which in
> turn has the macro machine_is used in it, which declares mach_##name
> with an __attribute__((weak)). define_machine actually defines
> mach_##name, which in this file happens before the declaration, hence
> the warning.
> 
> To fix this, move define_machine after machine_device_initcall so that
> the declaration occurs before the definition, which matches how
> machine_device_initcall and define_machine work throughout arch/powerpc.
> 
> While we're here, remove some spaces before tabs.
> 
> Fixes: 8f101a051ef0 ("edac: cpc925 MC platform device setup")
> Link: https://godbolt.org/z/kDoYSA
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/662
> Reported-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
> Suggested-by: Ilie Halip <ilie.halip@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>

Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/af6cf95c4d003fccd6c2ecc99a598fb854b537e7

cheers