linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] Documentation/sparse: Add hints about __CHECKER_

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Message-Id: <20220310220927.245704-3-helgaas@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 10 Mar 2022 16:09:27 -0600
From:   Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        "Michael S . Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Documentation/sparse: Add hints about __CHECKER__

From: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>

Several attributes depend on __CHECKER__, but previously there was no clue
in the tree about when __CHECKER__ might be defined.  Add hints at the most
common places (__kernel, __user, __iomem, __bitwise) and in the sparse
documentation.

Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
---
 Documentation/dev-tools/sparse.rst | 2 ++
 include/linux/compiler_types.h     | 1 +
 include/uapi/linux/types.h         | 1 +
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/sparse.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/sparse.rst
index 02102be7ff49..dc791c8d84d1 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/sparse.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/sparse.rst
@@ -100,3 +100,5 @@ have already built it.
 
 The optional make variable CF can be used to pass arguments to sparse.  The
 build system passes -Wbitwise to sparse automatically.
+
+Note that sparse defines the __CHECKER__ preprocessor symbol.
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_types.h b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
index 3c1795fdb568..4b3915ce38a4 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
+/* sparse defines __CHECKER__; see Documentation/dev-tools/sparse.rst */
 #ifdef __CHECKER__
 /* address spaces */
 # define __kernel	__attribute__((address_space(0)))
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/types.h b/include/uapi/linux/types.h
index 71696f424ac8..c4dc597f3dcf 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/types.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/types.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  * any application/library that wants linux/types.h.
  */
 
+/* sparse defines __CHECKER__; see Documentation/dev-tools/sparse.rst */
 #ifdef __CHECKER__
 #define __bitwise	__attribute__((bitwise))
 #else
-- 
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