Re: [PATCH] [RESEND v4] printf: fix errname.c list

From: Sergey Senozhatsky
Date: Mon Feb 06 2023 - 20:51:41 EST


On (23/02/06 20:40), Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On most architectures, gcc -Wextra warns about the list of error
> numbers containing both EDEADLK and EDEADLOCK:
>
> lib/errname.c:15:67: warning: initialized field overwritten [-Woverride-init]
> 15 | #define E(err) [err + BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(err <= 0 || err > 300)] = "-" #err
> | ^~~
> lib/errname.c:172:2: note: in expansion of macro 'E'
> 172 | E(EDEADLK), /* EDEADLOCK */
> | ^
>
> On parisc, a similar error happens with -ECANCELLED, which is an
> alias for ECANCELED.
>
> Make the EDEADLK printing conditional on the number being distinct
> from EDEADLOCK, and remove the -ECANCELLED bit completely as it
> can never be hit.
>
> To ensure these are correct, add static_assert lines that verify
> all the remaining aliases are in fact identical to the canonical
> name.
>

Reviewed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>