From 0a2c13d9cd76c84f2520f573ff83f777eb7464aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Rothwell Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:33:01 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] include/linux/dcache.h: use unsigned chars in struct name_snapshot "kernel.h: handle pointers to arrays better in container_of()" triggers: In file included from include/uapi/linux/stddef.h:1:0, from include/linux/stddef.h:4, from include/uapi/linux/posix_types.h:4, from include/uapi/linux/types.h:13, from include/linux/types.h:5, from include/linux/syscalls.h:71, from fs/dcache.c:17: fs/dcache.c: In function 'release_dentry_name_snapshot': include/linux/compiler.h:542:38: error: call to '__compiletime_assert_305' declared with attribute error: pointer type mismatch in container_of() _compiletime_assert(condition, msg, __compiletime_assert_, __LINE__) ^ include/linux/compiler.h:525:4: note: in definition of macro '__compiletime_assert' prefix ## suffix(); \ ^ include/linux/compiler.h:542:2: note: in expansion of macro '_compiletime_assert' _compiletime_assert(condition, msg, __compiletime_assert_, __LINE__) ^ include/linux/build_bug.h:46:37: note: in expansion of macro 'compiletime_assert' #define BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(cond, msg) compiletime_assert(!(cond), msg) ^ include/linux/kernel.h:860:2: note: in expansion of macro 'BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG' BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(!__same_type(*(ptr), ((type *)0)->member) && \ ^ fs/dcache.c:305:7: note: in expansion of macro 'container_of' p = container_of(name->name, struct external_name, name[0]); Switch name_snapshot to use unsigned chars, matching struct qstr and struct external_name. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170710152134.0f78c1e6@canb.auug.org.au Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell Cc: Al Viro Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/linux/dcache.h | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h index 025727bf6797..c706eaac692e 100644 --- a/include/linux/dcache.h +++ b/include/linux/dcache.h @@ -592,8 +592,8 @@ static inline struct inode *d_real_inode(const struct dentry *dentry) } struct name_snapshot { - const char *name; - char inline_name[DNAME_INLINE_LEN]; + const unsigned char *name; + unsigned char inline_name[DNAME_INLINE_LEN]; }; void take_dentry_name_snapshot(struct name_snapshot *, struct dentry *); void release_dentry_name_snapshot(struct name_snapshot *); -- GitLab