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SubjectRe: sparse warnings in overflow.h
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On 2018-06-07 20:35, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 4:01 AM, Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Kees,
>>
>> sparse (make C=1) gives me this warnings today...
>>
>> ./include/linux/overflow.h:254:13: error: undefined identifier '__builtin_mul_overflow'
>> ./include/linux/overflow.h:254:13: error: incorrect type in conditional
>> ./include/linux/overflow.h:254:13: got void
>> ./include/linux/overflow.h:256:13: error: undefined identifier '__builtin_add_overflow'
>> ./include/linux/overflow.h:256:13: error: incorrect type in conditional
>> ./include/linux/overflow.h:256:13: got void
>>
>> This hunk obviously fixes it, but I'm really not sure if it is a proper
>> fix.
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
>> index f1a7492a5cc8..15e55b89e952 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
>> @@ -344,6 +344,6 @@
>> */
>> #define uninitialized_var(x) x = x
>>
>> -#if GCC_VERSION >= 50100
>> +#if GCC_VERSION >= 50100 && !defined(__CHECKER__)
>> #define COMPILER_HAS_GENERIC_BUILTIN_OVERFLOW 1
>> #endif
>>
>> Any idea?
>
> Hi! Yeah, that's probably the correct approach. If the checker doesn't
> have it, the builtins need to be disabled. :)

IIRC, the problem is that sparse pretends to be the gcc sparse itself
was built with, which is obviously entirely unrelated to the C dialect
that that particular sparse version groks. Sigh. Ack to the fix above.

Rasmus


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