linux-kernel - [PATCH] ELF, uapi: fixup ELF_ST

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Date:   Fri, 29 Apr 2022 17:50:03 +0300
From:   Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ELF, uapi: fixup ELF_ST_TYPE definition

This is very theoretical compile failure:

	ELF_ST_TYPE(st_info = A)

Cast will bind first and st_info will stop being lvalue:

	error: lvalue required as left operand of assignment

Given that the only use of this macro is

	ELF_ST_TYPE(sym->st_info)

where st_info is "unsigned char" I've decided to remove cast especially
given that companion macro ELF_ST_BIND doesn't use cast.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
---

 include/uapi/linux/elf.h |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/include/uapi/linux/elf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/elf.h
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ typedef __s64	Elf64_Sxword;
 #define STT_TLS     6
 
 #define ELF_ST_BIND(x)		((x) >> 4)
-#define ELF_ST_TYPE(x)		(((unsigned int) x) & 0xf)
+#define ELF_ST_TYPE(x)		((x) & 0xf)
 #define ELF32_ST_BIND(x)	ELF_ST_BIND(x)
 #define ELF32_ST_TYPE(x)	ELF_ST_TYPE(x)
 #define ELF64_ST_BIND(x)	ELF_ST_BIND(x)