linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPICA: Use uintptr_t and offsetof() in Linux kernel builds

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Date:   Wed, 12 Jan 2022 09:45:06 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc:     Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Bob Moore <robert.moore@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPICA: Use uintptr_t and offsetof() in Linux kernel builds

On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 4:55 PM Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net> wrote:
>
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
>
> To avoid "performing pointer subtraction with a null pointer has
> undefined behavior" compiler warnings, use uintptr_t and offsetof()
> that are always available during Linux kernel builds to define
> acpi_uintptr_t and the ACPI_TO_INTEGER() and ACPI_OFFSET() macros.
>
> Based on earlier proposal from Arnd Bergmann.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-acpi/20210927121338.938994-1-arnd@kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>

Thanks for the follow-up. I can't easily test this at the moment, but
it looks correct to
me. I had a different approach that I had planned to eventually
submit, but yours
looks better anyway, so let's go with this.

Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>