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authorTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2009-10-29 22:34:15 +0900
committerTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2009-10-29 22:34:15 +0900
commit545695fb41da117928ab946067a42d9e15fd009d (patch)
tree1ea32c45a6f6efb03a88f99278f065054a5de3e2
parente0fdb0e050eae331046385643618f12452aa7e73 (diff)
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percpu: make accessors check for percpu pointer in sparse
The previous patch made sparse warn about percpu variables being used directly without going through percpu accessors. This patch implements the other half - checking whether non percpu variable is passed into percpu accessors. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
-rw-r--r--include/asm-generic/percpu.h6
-rw-r--r--include/linux/percpu-defs.h20
-rw-r--r--include/linux/percpu.h2
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/percpu.h b/include/asm-generic/percpu.h
index fded453fd25c..04f91c2d3f7b 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/percpu.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/percpu.h
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ extern unsigned long __per_cpu_offset[NR_CPUS];
*/
#ifndef SHIFT_PERCPU_PTR
/* Weird cast keeps both GCC and sparse happy. */
-#define SHIFT_PERCPU_PTR(__p, __offset) \
- RELOC_HIDE((typeof(*(__p)) __kernel __force *)(__p), (__offset))
+#define SHIFT_PERCPU_PTR(__p, __offset) ({ \
+ __verify_pcpu_ptr((__p)); \
+ RELOC_HIDE((typeof(*(__p)) __kernel __force *)(__p), (__offset)); \
+})
#endif
/*
diff --git a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
index 0fa0cb524250..1fa36eb54b6a 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@
__attribute__((section(".discard"), unused))
/*
+ * Macro which verifies @ptr is a percpu pointer without evaluating
+ * @ptr. This is to be used in percpu accessors to verify that the
+ * input parameter is a percpu pointer.
+ */
+#define __verify_pcpu_ptr(ptr) do { \
+ void __percpu *__vpp_verify = (typeof(ptr))NULL; \
+ (void)__vpp_verify; \
+} while (0)
+
+/*
* s390 and alpha modules require percpu variables to be defined as
* weak to force the compiler to generate GOT based external
* references for them. This is necessary because percpu sections
@@ -129,10 +139,16 @@
__aligned(PAGE_SIZE)
/*
- * Intermodule exports for per-CPU variables.
+ * Intermodule exports for per-CPU variables. sparse forgets about
+ * address space across EXPORT_SYMBOL(), change EXPORT_SYMBOL() to
+ * noop if __CHECKER__.
*/
+#ifndef __CHECKER__
#define EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(var) EXPORT_SYMBOL(var)
#define EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(var) EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(var)
-
+#else
+#define EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(var)
+#define EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(var)
+#endif
#endif /* _LINUX_PERCPU_DEFS_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/percpu.h b/include/linux/percpu.h
index 2c0d31a3f6b6..42878f0cd0e2 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu.h
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ extern void __bad_size_call_parameter(void);
#define __pcpu_size_call_return(stem, variable) \
({ typeof(variable) pscr_ret__; \
+ __verify_pcpu_ptr(&(variable)); \
switch(sizeof(variable)) { \
case 1: pscr_ret__ = stem##1(variable);break; \
case 2: pscr_ret__ = stem##2(variable);break; \
@@ -250,6 +251,7 @@ extern void __bad_size_call_parameter(void);
#define __pcpu_size_call(stem, variable, ...) \
do { \
+ __verify_pcpu_ptr(&(variable)); \
switch(sizeof(variable)) { \
case 1: stem##1(variable, __VA_ARGS__);break; \
case 2: stem##2(variable, __VA_ARGS__);break; \