tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
From: "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@alien8.de>
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2025 13:37:51 +0100
Copy from
54da6a092431 ("locking: Introduce __cleanup() based infrastructure")
the bits which mark the variable with a cleanup attribute unused so that my
clang 15 can dispose of it properly instead of warning that it is unused which
then fails the build due to -Werror.
Suggested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251031114919.GBaQSiPxZrziOs3RCW@fat_crate.local
---
tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h
index e88322d97573..a1e3927d8e7c 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h
@@ -107,6 +107,15 @@ extern int indent;
static inline void unindent(int *unused) { indent--; }
+/*
+ * Clang prior to 17 is being silly and considers many __cleanup() variables
+ * as unused (because they are, their sole purpose is to go out of scope).
+ *
+ * https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/877210faa447f4cc7db87812f8ed80e398fedd61
+ */
+#undef __cleanup
+#define __cleanup(func) __maybe_unused __attribute__((__cleanup__(func)))
+
#define __dbg(format, ...) \
fprintf(stderr, \
"DEBUG: %s%s" format "\n", \
@@ -127,7 +136,7 @@ static inline void unindent(int *unused) { indent--; }
})
#define dbg_indent(args...) \
- int __attribute__((cleanup(unindent))) __dummy_##__COUNTER__; \
+ int __cleanup(unindent) __dummy_##__COUNTER__; \
__dbg_indent(args); \
indent++
--
2.51.0
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette
On Sat, Nov 01, 2025 at 01:44:32PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> From: "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@alien8.de>
> Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2025 13:37:51 +0100
>
> Copy from
>
> 54da6a092431 ("locking: Introduce __cleanup() based infrastructure")
>
> the bits which mark the variable with a cleanup attribute unused so that my
> clang 15 can dispose of it properly instead of warning that it is unused which
> then fails the build due to -Werror.
>
> Suggested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251031114919.GBaQSiPxZrziOs3RCW@fat_crate.local
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
> ---
> tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h | 11 ++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h
> index e88322d97573..a1e3927d8e7c 100644
> --- a/tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h
> +++ b/tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h
> @@ -107,6 +107,15 @@ extern int indent;
>
> static inline void unindent(int *unused) { indent--; }
>
> +/*
> + * Clang prior to 17 is being silly and considers many __cleanup() variables
> + * as unused (because they are, their sole purpose is to go out of scope).
> + *
> + * https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/877210faa447f4cc7db87812f8ed80e398fedd61
> + */
> +#undef __cleanup
> +#define __cleanup(func) __maybe_unused __attribute__((__cleanup__(func)))
> +
> #define __dbg(format, ...) \
> fprintf(stderr, \
> "DEBUG: %s%s" format "\n", \
> @@ -127,7 +136,7 @@ static inline void unindent(int *unused) { indent--; }
> })
>
> #define dbg_indent(args...) \
> - int __attribute__((cleanup(unindent))) __dummy_##__COUNTER__; \
> + int __cleanup(unindent) __dummy_##__COUNTER__; \
> __dbg_indent(args); \
> indent++
>
> --
> 2.51.0
>
>
> --
> Regards/Gruss,
> Boris.
>
> https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette
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