linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] seq_file: fix NULL pointer arithmetic warning

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Date:   Sun, 30 Jan 2022 17:22:36 +0000
From:   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To:     Maíra Canal <maira.canal@....br>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, tj@...nel.org, nathan@...nel.org,
        ndesaulniers@...gle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] seq_file: fix NULL pointer arithmetic warning

On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 12:27:00PM -0300, Maíra Canal wrote:
> Implement conditional logic in order to replace NULL pointer arithmetic.
> 
> The use of NULL pointer arithmetic was pointed out by clang with the
> following warning:
> 
> fs/kernfs/file.c:128:15: warning: performing pointer arithmetic on a
> null pointer has undefined behavior [-Wnull-pointer-arithmetic]
>                 return NULL + !*ppos;
>                        ~~~~ ^
> fs/seq_file.c:559:14: warning: performing pointer arithmetic on a
> null pointer has undefined behavior [-Wnull-pointer-arithmetic]
>         return NULL + (*pos == 0);

NAK.  _If_ you want to bother with that at all, at least make it
use SEQ_START_TOKEN, rather than open-coding it; what's more,
kernfs_seq_start() should simply call single_start() instead of
open-coding it.  I.e.
	if (ops->seq_start) {
		void *next = ops->seq_start(sf, ppos);
		/* see the comment above kernfs_seq_stop_active() */
		if (next == ERR_PTR(-ENODEV))
			kernfs_seq_stop_active(sf, next);
		return next;
	} else {
		return single_start(sf, ppos);
	}
and
	return *ppos ? NULL : SEQ_START_TOKEN;
in single_start() itself.