From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>,
Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>,
Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>,
"James E . J . Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>,
Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org,
Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Subject: [PATCH 0/4] Introduce and use absolute_pointer macro
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 09:01:45 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210912160149.2227137-1-linux@roeck-us.net> (raw)
Kernel test builds currently fail for several architectures with error
messages such as the following.
drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/82596.c: In function 'i82596_probe':
./arch/m68k/include/asm/string.h:72:25: error:
'__builtin_memcpy' reading 6 bytes from a region of size 0
[-Werror=stringop-overread]
Such warnings may be reported by gcc 11.x for string and memory operations
on fixed addresses.
This patch series introduces absolute_pointer() to fix the problem.
absolute_pointer() disassociates a pointer from its originating symbol
type and context, and thus prevents gcc from making assumptions about
pointers passed to memory operations.
----------------------------------------------------------------
Guenter Roeck (4):
compiler.h: Introduce absolute_pointer macro
net: i825xx: Use absolute_pointer for memcpy on fixed memory location
parisc: Use absolute_pointer for memcmp on fixed memory location
alpha: Use absolute_pointer for strcmp on fixed memory location
arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c | 2 +-
arch/parisc/kernel/setup.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/82596.c | 2 +-
include/linux/compiler.h | 2 ++
4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
next reply other threads:[~2021-09-12 16:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-12 16:01 Guenter Roeck [this message]
2021-09-12 16:01 ` [PATCH 1/4] compiler.h: Introduce absolute_pointer macro Guenter Roeck
2021-09-12 16:01 ` [PATCH 2/4] net: i825xx: Use absolute_pointer for memcpy on fixed memory location Guenter Roeck
2021-09-12 16:11 ` Jeroen Roovers
2021-09-12 16:16 ` Guenter Roeck
2021-09-12 16:01 ` [PATCH 3/4] parisc: Use absolute_pointer for memcmp " Guenter Roeck
2021-09-12 19:11 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-09-12 19:58 ` Helge Deller
2021-09-12 20:28 ` Guenter Roeck
2021-09-12 16:01 ` [PATCH 4/4] alpha: Use absolute_pointer for strcmp " Guenter Roeck
2021-09-12 19:13 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-09-12 20:15 ` Guenter Roeck
2021-09-12 20:37 ` Guenter Roeck
2021-09-12 22:58 ` Linus Torvalds
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