Documentation/sparse: add hints about __CHECKER__
Several attributes depend on __CHECKER__, but previously there was no clue in the tree about when __CHECKER__ might be defined. Add hints at the most common places (__kernel, __user, __iomem, __bitwise) and in the sparse documentation. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220310220927.245704-3-helgaas@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> Cc: "Michael S . Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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The optional make variable CF can be used to pass arguments to sparse. The
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The optional make variable CF can be used to pass arguments to sparse. The
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build system passes -Wbitwise to sparse automatically.
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build system passes -Wbitwise to sparse automatically.
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Note that sparse defines the __CHECKER__ preprocessor symbol.
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#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
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#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
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/* sparse defines __CHECKER__; see Documentation/dev-tools/sparse.rst */
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#ifdef __CHECKER__
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#ifdef __CHECKER__
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/* address spaces */
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/* address spaces */
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# define __kernel __attribute__((address_space(0)))
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# define __kernel __attribute__((address_space(0)))
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* any application/library that wants linux/types.h.
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* any application/library that wants linux/types.h.
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*/
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/* sparse defines __CHECKER__; see Documentation/dev-tools/sparse.rst */
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#ifdef __CHECKER__
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#ifdef __CHECKER__
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#define __bitwise __attribute__((bitwise))
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#define __bitwise __attribute__((bitwise))
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#else
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#else
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