Building selftests/bpf with latest clang compiler (clang15 built
from source), I hit the following compilation error:
/.../prog_tests/send_signal.c:43:16: error: variable 'j' set but not used [-Werror,-Wunused-but-set-variable]
volatile int j = 0;
^
1 error generated.
The problem also exists with clang13 and clang14. clang12 is okay.
In send_signal.c, we have the following code ...
volatile int j = 0;
[...]
for (int i = 0; i < 100000000 && !sigusr1_received; i++)
j /= i + 1;
... to burn CPU cycles so bpf_send_signal() helper can be tested
in NMI mode.
Slightly changing 'j /= i + 1' to 'j /= i + j + 1' or 'j++' can
fix the problem. Further investigation indicated this should be
a clang bug ([1]). The upstream fix will be proposed later. But it
is a good idea to workaround the issue to unblock people who build
kernel/selftests with clang.
[1] https://discourse.llvm.org/t/strange-clang-unused-but-set-variable-error-with-volatile-variables/60841
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220311003721.2177170-1-yhs@fb.com
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