compiler.h: Introduce absolute_pointer macro
authorGuenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 03:52:24 +0000 (20:52 -0700)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 30 Sep 2021 08:11:07 +0000 (10:11 +0200)
commite99f9032715e5d109f3af2105e00a8a32baa3497
tree3dc757f19801649059cc731fe85346b1a298e3ee
parentf58d305887ad7b24986d58e881f6806bb81b2bdf
compiler.h: Introduce absolute_pointer macro

[ Upstream commit f6b5f1a56987de837f8e25cd560847106b8632a8 ]

absolute_pointer() disassociates a pointer from its originating symbol
type and context. Use it to prevent compiler warnings/errors such as

  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.

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
include/linux/compiler.h