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genksyms: fix syntax error for attribute before abstract_declarator
A longstanding issue with genksyms is that it has hidden syntax errors. When a syntax error occurs, yyerror() is called. However, error_with_pos() is a no-op unless the -w option is provided. You can observe syntax errors by manually passing the -w option. For example, with CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y on v6.13-rc1: $ make -s KCFLAGS=-D__GENKSYMS__ init/main.i $ cat init/main.i | scripts/genksyms/genksyms -w [ snip ] ./include/linux/efi.h:1225: syntax error The syntax error occurs in the following code in include/linux/efi.h: efi_status_t efi_call_acpi_prm_handler(efi_status_t (__efiapi *handler_addr)(u64, void *), u64 param_buffer_addr, void *context); The issue arises from __efiapi, which is defined as either __attribute__((ms_abi)) or __attribute__((regparm(0))). This commit allows abstract_declarator to be prefixed with attributes. To avoid conflicts, I tweaked the rule for decl_specifier_seq. Due to this change, a standalone attribute cannot become decl_specifier_seq. Otherwise, I do not know how to resolve the conflicts. The following code, which was previously accepted by genksyms, will now result in a syntax error: void my_func(__attribute__((unused))x); I do not think it is a big deal because GCC also fails to parse it. $ echo 'void my_func(__attribute__((unused))x);' | gcc -c -x c - <stdin>:1:37: error: unknown type name 'x' Signed-off-by:Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> Acked-by:
Nicolas Schier <n.schier@avm.de>
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