[PATCH v2] Compiler Attributes: don't pollute userspace with macro definitions

From: Xiaozhou Liu
Date: Sat Dec 08 2018 - 22:28:16 EST


Macros 'inline' and '__gnu_inline' used to be defined within __KERNEL__.
Commit 815f0ddb346c ("include/linux/compiler*.h: make compiler-*.h mutually
exclusive") had them exposed to userspace (unintentionally).

Then commit a3f8a30f3f00 ("Compiler Attributes: use feature checks instead
of version checks") moved __gnu_inline back into __KERNEL__ and inline
was left behind. Since inline depends on __gnu_inline, compiling error
showing "unknown type name â__gnu_inlineâ" will pop up, if userspace
somehow includes <linux/compiler.h>.

Other macros like __must_check, notrace, etc. used to be defined within
__KERNEL__ too. So just move these macros back into __KERNEL__.

v2: update commit message.

Signed-off-by: Xiaozhou Liu <liuxiaozhou@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/compiler_types.h | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_types.h b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
index 4a3f9c09c92d..9e23ec015221 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ struct ftrace_likely_data {
#define __diag_error(compiler, version, option, comment) \
__diag_ ## compiler(version, error, option)

+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+
#ifdef CONFIG_ENABLE_MUST_CHECK
#define __must_check __attribute__((__warn_unused_result__))
#else
@@ -215,4 +217,6 @@ struct ftrace_likely_data {
*/
#define noinline_for_stack noinline

+#endif /* __KERNEL */
+
#endif /* __LINUX_COMPILER_TYPES_H */
--
2.11.0