Re: [PATCH] arm64/syscall: Remove duplicate declaration

[Kevin Brodsky]

On 09/11/2023 11:19, Kevin Brodsky wrote:
> Commit 6ac19f96515e ("arm64: avoid prototype warnings for syscalls")
> added missing declarations to various syscall wrapper macros.
> It however proved a little too zealous in __SYSCALL_DEFINEx(), as
> a declaration for __arm64_sys##name was already present.
>
> This likely wouldn't have happened if declarations were consistently
> located, ideally just before the corresponding definition.
> Accordingly, this patch removes the old declaration line in
> __SYSCALL_DEFINEx(), and moves any other declaration that does not
> directly precede the corresponding definition.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/syscall_wrapper.h | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/syscall_wrapper.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/syscall_wrapper.h
> index 17f687510c48..0d1ec3280f89 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/syscall_wrapper.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/syscall_wrapper.h
> @@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
>  #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
>  
>  #define COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINEx(x, name, ...)						\
> -	asmlinkage long __arm64_compat_sys##name(const struct pt_regs *regs);		\
>  	ALLOW_ERROR_INJECTION(__arm64_compat_sys##name, ERRNO);				\
>  	static long __se_compat_sys##name(__MAP(x,__SC_LONG,__VA_ARGS__));		\
>  	static inline long __do_compat_sys##name(__MAP(x,__SC_DECL,__VA_ARGS__));	\
> +	asmlinkage long __arm64_compat_sys##name(const struct pt_regs *regs);		\

This doesn't make sense, the declaration needs to stay before the call
to ALLOW_ERROR_INJECTION() (I wasn't building with
CONFIG_FUNCTION_ERROR_INJECTION). Will post a v2 that simply removes the
added declaration in __SYSCALL_DEFINEx() without moving existing
declarations - sorry for the noise.

Kevin

>  	asmlinkage long __arm64_compat_sys##name(const struct pt_regs *regs)		\
>  	{										\
>  		return __se_compat_sys##name(SC_ARM64_REGS_TO_ARGS(x,__VA_ARGS__));	\
> @@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
>  #endif /* CONFIG_COMPAT */
>  
>  #define __SYSCALL_DEFINEx(x, name, ...)						\
> -	asmlinkage long __arm64_sys##name(const struct pt_regs *regs);		\
>  	ALLOW_ERROR_INJECTION(__arm64_sys##name, ERRNO);			\
>  	static long __se_sys##name(__MAP(x,__SC_LONG,__VA_ARGS__));		\
>  	static inline long __do_sys##name(__MAP(x,__SC_DECL,__VA_ARGS__));	\
> @@ -70,8 +69,8 @@
>  
>  #define SYSCALL_DEFINE0(sname)							\
>  	SYSCALL_METADATA(_##sname, 0);						\
> -	asmlinkage long __arm64_sys_##sname(const struct pt_regs *__unused);	\
>  	ALLOW_ERROR_INJECTION(__arm64_sys_##sname, ERRNO);			\
> +	asmlinkage long __arm64_sys_##sname(const struct pt_regs *__unused);	\
>  	asmlinkage long __arm64_sys_##sname(const struct pt_regs *__unused)
>  
>  #define COND_SYSCALL(name)							\