linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] linux/types.h: Remove unnecessary __bitwise_

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Message-ID: <b5c0a68d-8387-4909-beea-f70ab9e6e3d5@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 25 May 2022 08:51:29 +0200
From:   Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
To:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>,
        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: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] linux/types.h: Remove unnecessary __bitwise__

On 15. 03. 22, 16:30, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> From: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
> 
> There are no users of "__bitwise__" except the definition of "__bitwise".
> Remove __bitwise__ and define __bitwise directly.
> 
> This is a follow-up to 05de97003c77 ("linux/types.h: enable endian checks
> for all sparse builds").
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
> Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
> ---
>   include/uapi/linux/types.h  | 5 ++---
>   tools/include/linux/types.h | 5 ++---
>   2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/types.h b/include/uapi/linux/types.h
> index f6d2f83cbe29..71696f424ac8 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/types.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/types.h
> @@ -20,11 +20,10 @@
>    */
>   
>   #ifdef __CHECKER__
> -#define __bitwise__ __attribute__((bitwise))
> +#define __bitwise	__attribute__((bitwise))
>   #else
> -#define __bitwise__
> +#define __bitwise
>   #endif
> -#define __bitwise __bitwise__

Hi,

this broke userspace, like open-iscsi:
> [   34s] In file included from session_info.h:9,
> [   34s]                  from iscsi_util.c:38:
> [   34s] ../include/iscsi_proto.h:66:30: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'itt_t'
> [   34s]    66 | typedef uint32_t __bitwise__ itt_t;
> [   34s]       |                              ^~~~~

It looks like we need __bitwise__ back.

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs