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Date:   Sat, 1 Sep 2018 11:17:40 +0200
From:   Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@gmail.com>
To:     Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>
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        Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@codewreck.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] Compiler Attributes: homogenize __must_be_array
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On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 07:05:11PM +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> Different definitions of __must_be_array:
> 
>   * gcc: disabled for __CHECKER__
> diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
> index e0e55eb3f242..e4a702f99e50 100644
> --- a/include/linux/compiler.h
> +++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
> @@ -357,4 +357,11 @@ static inline void *offset_to_ptr(const int *off)
>  	compiletime_assert(__native_word(t),				\
>  		"Need native word sized stores/loads for atomicity.")
>  
> +#ifdef __CHECKER__
> +#define __must_be_array(a)	0
> +#else
> +/* &a[0] degrades to a pointer: a different type from an array */
> +#define __must_be_array(a)	BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(__same_type((a), &(a)[0]))
> +#endif
> +
>  #endif /* __LINUX_COMPILER_H */

You can also remove the #ifdef __CHECKER__ because:
1) even ancient version of sparse don't have a problem
2) BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO() is currently disabled for __CHECKER__

-- Luc Van Oostenryck