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SubjectRe: [PATCH] bpf/core.c - silence warning messages
On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 8:43 PM <valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu> wrote:
>
> Compiling kernel/bpf/core.c with W=1 causes a flood of warnings:
>
> kernel/bpf/core.c:1198:65: warning: initialized field overwritten [-Woverride-init]
> 1198 | #define BPF_INSN_3_TBL(x, y, z) [BPF_##x | BPF_##y | BPF_##z] = true
> | ^~~~
> kernel/bpf/core.c:1087:2: note: in expansion of macro 'BPF_INSN_3_TBL'
> 1087 | INSN_3(ALU, ADD, X), \
> | ^~~~~~
> kernel/bpf/core.c:1202:3: note: in expansion of macro 'BPF_INSN_MAP'
> 1202 | BPF_INSN_MAP(BPF_INSN_2_TBL, BPF_INSN_3_TBL),
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~
> kernel/bpf/core.c:1198:65: note: (near initialization for 'public_insntable[12]')
> 1198 | #define BPF_INSN_3_TBL(x, y, z) [BPF_##x | BPF_##y | BPF_##z] = true
> | ^~~~
> kernel/bpf/core.c:1087:2: note: in expansion of macro 'BPF_INSN_3_TBL'
> 1087 | INSN_3(ALU, ADD, X), \
> | ^~~~~~
> kernel/bpf/core.c:1202:3: note: in expansion of macro 'BPF_INSN_MAP'
> 1202 | BPF_INSN_MAP(BPF_INSN_2_TBL, BPF_INSN_3_TBL),
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> 98 copies of the above.
>
> The attached patch silences the warnings, because we *know* we're overwriting
> the default initializer. That leaves bpf/core.c with only 6 other warnings,
> which become more visible in comparison.

My concern is that this will also mute the warning for other parts of
bpf/core.c.

Maybe we should move bpf_opcode_in_insntable() to a separate file, and mute
warning for that file?

Daniel and Alexei, what do you think?

Thanks,
Song


>
> Signed-off-by: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu>
>
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/Makefile b/kernel/bpf/Makefile
> index 4c2fa3ac56f6..2606665f2cb5 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/Makefile
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/Makefile
> @@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUP_BPF) += cgroup.o
> ifeq ($(CONFIG_INET),y)
> obj-$(CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL) += reuseport_array.o
> endif
> +CFLAGS_core.o += $(call cc-disable-warning, override-init)
>

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