Re: [PATCH] seq_file: fix clang warning for NULL pointer arithmetic

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Tue Oct 27 2020 - 06:45:24 EST


> index f277d023ebcd..b55e6ef4d677 100644
> --- a/fs/kernfs/file.c
> +++ b/fs/kernfs/file.c
> @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static void *kernfs_seq_start(struct seq_file *sf, loff_t *ppos)
> * The same behavior and code as single_open(). Returns
> * !NULL if pos is at the beginning; otherwise, NULL.
> */
> - return NULL + !*ppos;
> + return (void *)(uintptr_t)!*ppos;

Yikes. This is just horrible, why bnot the completely obvious:

if (ops->seq_start) {
...
return next;
}

if (*ppos)
return NULL;
return ppos; /* random cookie */

> static void *single_start(struct seq_file *p, loff_t *pos)
> {
> - return NULL + (*pos == 0);
> + return (void *)(uintptr_t)(*pos == 0);

Same here.